On February 20, 158 captive-bred creatures were released onto the island. The return of these young tortoises, ages 8 to 13, marks the beginning of a historic conservation effort, and they are the ...

On a hot February morning, Galápagos National Park rangers released 50 giant tortoises back to Floreana Island—marking the ...

Over 150 captive-bred, juvenile tortoises have been released in coordination with a landmark ecological restoration project ...

The Galápagos Islands are famous for their biodiversity, especially their giant tortoises. In 2000, however, scientists made a shocking discovery: a population of tortoises 70 miles away on Isabela ...

Giant tortoises have returned to Floreana Island in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago as conservationists release 158 juvenile hybrids to restore the ecosystem.

More than 150 giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Floreana Island in Ecuador's famed Galapagos archipelago where they disappeared more than a century ago, the environment ministry said Friday.

The native species was driven to extinction by sailors in the 1800s. Now, 158 juvenile giant tortoises have been reintroduced ...

For the first time in nearly 150 years, giant tortoises are back on Galapagos' Floreana Island, guided home by NASA data.

The tortoises were bred in captivity and later released on the island.

For the first time in 180 years, giant tortoises walk again on Floreana Island—in largest restoration effort ever undertaken in Galápagos.

Giant tortoises have been reintroduced on Floreana Island in the Galapagos. The tortoises were thought to be extinct on the island since the 1800s, but 20 years ago scientists discovered descendants ...

Nearly 150 years after the last giant tortoises were removed from Floreana Island in Ecuador's Galápagos archipelago, the species made a comeback Friday, when dozens of juvenile hybrids were released ...