A giant tortoise species believed extinct for more than a century has been formally confirmed alive. Genetic analysis published in 2022 established that a female tortoise found on Fernandina Island in ...

Declared extinct for over a century, a lone giant tortoise has resurfaced on a remote volcanic island, raising urgent questions about survival, hidden populations, and whether a lost lineage can truly ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “tortoise”? The giant tortoises that lumber along like tanks over the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean? The gopher ...