The animals were part of a program in which wild eggs are collected, hatched and the young tortoises are raised in safety before being returned to their home islands as adolescents. Each animal ...

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

Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a giant tortoise from a species thought to have become extinct more than ... on Santa Cruz island. The animal “exceeds 100 years” in ...

On his visit to the islands ... already become extinct locally. A Floreana mockingbird. Important actions are being taken by environmental charities to look after endangered animals in the ...

The black and white Galapagos ... on the endangered species list in 2000 after the population plummeted to only a few hundred individuals Most live on the archipelago's westernmost islands ...

and similar facilities on San Cristobal and Isabela Islands, raise endangered giant tortoises in breeding centers to eventually be released into the wild. IGTOA, the International Galapagos Tour ...

“The animals have grown up with zero fear of humans ... has such a long history with the islands that in 2006 Ecuador’s national park service named a newly discovered Galápagos moth ...

Each of the archipelago's 20 main islands is home to a variety of natural wonders (like beaches and towering rock formations) and animal species ... is where several endangered or critically ...