Meet Adolf, a 106-year-old Galapagos tortoise! This sweet and wise reptile is thriving at The Reptile Zoo. Learn about these rare animals with interactive displays and presentations.

Leaf-toed geckos were thought to be locally extinct on Rabida Island, but the diminutive reptiles have re-emerged after a ...

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

Stepping off the path, I arrived at a small pond beneath a copse of trees, where I spotted one large male perched on the bank ...

105 years old and 565 pounds?! In this episode, we visit Florida Iguana & Tortoise Breeders to meet one of the largest tortoises on the planet - a living dinosaur-sized Galapagos tortoise. Plus ...

It’s one of the most remote places on Earth, host to unique and abundant wildlife and perhaps offers the best big-game ...

Into the future -- Beyond rescue to full recovery / James P. Gibbs, Linda J. Cayot and Washington Tapia A Summary "Galapagos Giant Tortoises brings together researchers and conservationists to share ...

After 24 years, scientists discovered thriving colonies of Rhizopsammia wellingtoni, a black stony coral species thought extinct near Galapagos Tagus Cove.

And she is the oldest first-time mom of her species, a Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise. In the wild, these critically endangered tortoises can be found on the Galapagos Islands in the ...

A Galapagos tortoise from Duncan Island is secured for the National Zoological Park on the Pinchot South Sea Expedition, with Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot.

Some, including conservationist Kay Van Damme, have called it the Galápagos of the Indian Ocean and along with other experts, he is warning that millions of years of evolution on Socotra could be ...

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