On February 20, 2026, 158 juvenile giant tortoises, each with DNA from the long-extinct Floreana giant tortoise species, were released on Floreana in the Galápagos archipelago. Researchers ...

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In February, conservationists released 158 young tortoises onto Floreana Island in the Galapagos. The Floreana tortoise subspecies had long been thought extinct, but the discovery of close relatives ...

More than half of the world’s 359 turtle and tortoise species now face extinction, with the crisis worsening despite global conservation efforts. Asia is the epicenter of the crisis, accounting for 32 ...