A Galapagos giant tortoise estimated to be about 130 years old is returning home after having so much sex that he saved his species.. Diego, part of the Chelonoidis hoodensis species that lives on ...

A species of giant tortoise believed to have been extinct for more than 100 years has been discovered on the Galapagos island of Fernandina, according to Ecuador’s government. The last known ...

Leaf-toed geckos were thought to be locally extinct on Rabida Island, but the diminutive reptiles have re-emerged after a ...

Until then, Fernanda is living out her days under the care of experts at the Galapagos Tortoise Center managed by the Galapagos National Park Directorate. Communications Biology DOI: 10.1038 ...

Tests carried out on a giant tortoise found in 2019 confirm it belongs to a species believed extinct. ... The Director of the Galapagos National Park, Danny Rueda, ...

Meet Adolf, a 106-year-old Galapagos tortoise! This sweet and wise reptile is thriving at The Reptile Zoo. Learn about these rare animals with interactive displays and presentations.

The newly rediscovered tortoise is over 50 years old but is small and likely stunted from a lack of vegetation in her habitat. The researchers discovered scat and footprints from other tortoises ...

Goliath, a 517-pound (234-kilogram) Galapagos tortoise at Zoo Miami, became a father for the first time earlier this month, zoo officials said.

Zoo Miami's oldest animal, a 135-year-old Galapagos tortoise named Goliath, has become a father for the first time, marking a historic first hatchling for the zoo.

Mommy, a nearly 100-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, laid a group, known as a clutch, of eggs in November 2024, four of which have now hatched. Philadelphia Zoo.

Congratulations are in order for Mommy, a Galápagos tortoise and a longtime resident of the Philadelphia Zoo, who recently became a first-time mother at the estimated age of 100.