Giant tortoises return to Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago after almost 150 years
Nearly 150 years after the last giant tortoises were removed from Floreana Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago, the…
158 Giant Endangered Tortoises Released on Galápagos Island Where They’d Been Extinct for 180 Years
Floreana giant tortoises released – © Galápagos Conservancy For the first time in over 180 years, a giant…
A Tiny Gecko Species Once Thought Extinct Just Made a Comeback in the Galápagos
Tiny Leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus maresi) – Photo credit: Island Conservation In a thrilling twist of ecological fate, scientists…