On February 20, 158 captive-bred creatures were released onto the island. The return of these young tortoises, ages 8 to 13, marks the beginning of a historic conservation effort, and they are the ...
For the first time in 180 years, descendants of the extinct Floreana giant tortoise are reclaiming their ancestral homeland. But scientists required a cutting-edge tool to identify the ideal location ...
On a hot February morning, Galápagos National Park rangers released 50 giant tortoises back to Floreana Island—marking the ...
For the first time in more than 180 years, giant tortoises are walking on Floreana Island in the Galápagos.
Decades of Careful Breeding: Scientists used those surviving descendants to start a careful “back-breeding” program. The 158 juveniles released on Feb. 20 carry between 40 percent and 80 percent of ...
Each tortoise underwent an extensive quarantine and was microchipped before its release. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...
Subspecies driven to extinction by hungry whalers returns after ‘back breeding’ programme using partial descendants ...
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