In Darwinian terms, survival isn’t a matter of being the biggest, the fastest, or the strongest of the species, but instead ...

Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a giant tortoise from a species thought to have become extinct more than a century ago. The adult female tortoise was found on the island of ...

Section I. Overview -- The Galapagos : island home of giant tortoises / Jack Frazier -- Galapagos tortoises : protagonists in the spectacle of life on Earth / Jack Frazier -- Section II. History of ...

Airport authorities in the Galapagos Islands seized 185 newborn tortoises that were found wrapped in plastic in a red suitcase. Airport authorities in the Galapagos Islands seized 185 newborn ...

Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s most impressive longevity experiments. Giant tortoises are redefining what ...

The Pacific island chain off mainland Ecuador is famous for its unique flora and fauna studied by Charles Darwin as he developed his theory of evolution. Twelve giant tortoise species still inhabit it ...

A giant Galapagos tortoise has turned 135 – and he’s also just become a father for the first time, says Miami Zoo officials. Despite multiple breeding attempts throughout his lifetime, Goliath never ...

For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise family.