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

The Galápagos tortoise is one of the most well-known of the endemic Galápagos animals, and it is also the namesake of the ...

The tortoise is believed to be about 100 years old. It was taken by boat to the main Galapagos conservation center on Santa Cruz island. The animal “exceeds 100 years” in age and is “a very ...

Things to do on the Galápagos Islands include spending time with local wildlife and hiking to the rim of one of the world's ...

Giant Galapagos tortoises have been successfully bred in a British zoo for the first time. The two newborns were fathered by 70-year-old Dirk, who first arrived in the UK in the 1960s and is ...

But similar tortoises on the other islands have shells that rise up at the front, which allow them to eat plants that are high up. These little differences have been caused by the way the animals ...

The only natural land predator of larger animals on the islands, the bird feeds on rodents, other birds, lizards, and tortoises. Across the archipelago a skiff nudges ashore on a remote black-sand ...

Some animals can live to a startlingly old age, from the famous 392-year-old “Greenland shark” to a 190-year-old tortoise in the Seychelles. Two science studies published recently brings us closer to ...

It's not just the wildlife attracting intrepid travelers, either — the pristine beaches, turquoise waters and active volcanos are also big draws. The Galapagos Islands are about 600 miles off ...