The tortoise is believed to be about 100 years old. It was taken by boat to the main Galapagos conservation center on Santa Cruz island. Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a ...

Help Us Save This Desert Tortoise An icon of the desert needs your help ... destroy essential habitat for polar bears and other rare wildlife, and jeopardize the health and traditional practices of ...

Galapagos Tortoises are among the most iconic animals in the world. Extremely rare, they exist naturally only on the ...

All 1,117 animals are from a rare, endemic species, per officials. “The repatriation of the 963 animals -- ring-tailed lemurs, brown lemurs, spider tortoises, and radiated tortoises -- is a ...

Dr Garcia said Hope "moves even quicker than his three neighbours" A three-legged specimen of the world's rarest type of tortoise has been fitted with rollers to get it moving again after it was ...

Things to do on the Galápagos Islands include spending time with local wildlife and hiking to the rim of one of the world's ...

The order comes as uncontrolled urban sprawl has caused a shortage of relocation sites for the rare and beloved tortoise. “Gopher tortoises are caught in a habitat loss crisis, yet the commission is ...