Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Volcano erupts on Galápagos island where last known 'fantastic giant tortoise' was found A volcano has erupted on an island in the ...

The news of the discovery was published in the online journal PLOS ONE on Wednesday. The journal details the circumstances that lead to the identifying of the species to be known as Chelonoidis ...

A team of Ecuadoran and international scientists said Wednesday they have identified a new giant tortoise species on the Galapagos Islands. There are only a few hundred members of the new species, ...

Xavier Castro is a writer who works at the Galapagos Conservancy, where he dedicates himself to educating the public about ...

In the following century, conservationists set out to restore the Galápagos giant tortoise on Española—and the island ecosystem. They began eradicating the introduced species, and capturing Española’s ...

A living member of species of a tortoise not seen in more than 110 years and feared to be extinct has been found in a remote part of the Galapagos island of Fernandina.An adult female Chelonoidis ...

Galápagos Islands enforce strict laws prioritizing native wildlife protection above all else. These islands are a UNESCO ...

When Fray Tomás de Berlanga first landed on the Galapagos Islands in 1535, he wasn’t impressed by the dry, volcanic landscape. However, he certainly was shocked to see giant tortoises so enormous that ...

Ecuador's government has announced it will spend $3.4 million on reintroducing 12 endemic bird and turtle species that have disappeared from an island in the Galapagos archipelago where Charles Darwin ...