Tag: galapagos tortoise
Warming Temperatures Will Increase Female Galapagos Tortoise Population, Study Says
The researchers say that temperatures on the Galapagos islands will increase from 1 to 4 degrees Celsius over the next 50 years, which will likely cau [...]
Fernandina Giant Tortoise Confirmed to Be New Species
Fern has now been confirmed, nearly four years later, as the only known living species of Chelonoidis phantastica [...]
Albino Galapagos Tortoise Hatches At Switzerland’s Tropiquarium of Servion
The albino hatchling was joined by a normal sibling, which is black in coloration [...]
Two Galapagos Tortoises Hatch At The UK’s Crocodiles Of The World
Galapagos tortoises are the largest tortoise species in the world and can live more than 120 years. [...]
No Fernandina Giant Tortoises Found After Extensive Search
While the initial hope to find another Fernandina giant tortoise, a second expedition is slated for later in 2022 that will use a helicopter. [...]
15 Galapagos Tortoises Slaughtered On Isabela Island
The Galapagos Conservancy has reported that 15 giant Galapagos tortoises were slaughtered in the wild on Isabela Island earlier this month. According [...]
$13,000 Reward For Info Leading to Arrest And Conviction Galapagos Tortoise Killers
Early this month two would-be tortoise thieves attempted to steal Jasmine, a 27-year-old Galapagos tortoise from Jerry Fife, an expert on tortoises an [...]
Giant Tortoise Found In 2019 Confirmed To Be Previously “Extinct” Species
A giant tortoise that was found in 2019 and thought to be an extinct species, is actually the species and is not extinct. Fern, the Fernandina giant t [...]
Finding The Fernandina Giant Tortoise
This story appeared in the May/June 2019 issue of REPTILES magazine.
There I stood, boots digging into the black crust of volcanic rock, looking ou [...]
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Re:wild Non-Profit To Help Rewild Galapagos Islands
An environmental organization cofounded by Leonardo DiCaprio this week announced that it will work, in partnership with the Galápagos National Park Di [...]
Nearly 200 Hatchling Galapagos Tortoises Seized At Galapagos Island Airport
The Galapagos tortoise is captive bred in many countries around the world to ensure the survival of these species, yet some smugglers tried to smuggle [...]
15 Española Island Tortoises Sent Home After 55 Year Successful Breeding Program
A Galapagos tortoise breeding program that launched at the end of John F. Kennedy's presidency has ended, and all 15 of the Galapagos tortoises (Chelo [...]
50 Year Captive Breeding Of Española Galapagos Tortoise Deemed A Success
The Galapagos tortoise of Española island (Chelonoidis hoodensis) was nearly wiped out by whalers. [...]
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