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

Giant tortoises have returned to the Galapagos island of Floreana for the first time nearly 150 years after they were driven ...

Each tortoise underwent an extensive quarantine and was microchipped before their release. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Juvenile tortoises with Floreana ancestry were brought to their native island from the Galápagos National Park’s breeding ...

Conservation teams released 158 giant tortoises at two sites on the Galápagos island of Floreana to help restore the species' population, which disappeared from the island in the mid-1800s ...

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

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

The project has been supported for more than a decade by traveler donations to the Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Fund, which represents the longest-running and largest travel brand ...

Subspecies driven to extinction by hungry whalers returns after ‘back breeding’ programme using partial descendants ...

Giant tortoises are being released again on Floreana Island, more than 150 years after they disappeared from the island. The ...

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.

More than a century after tortoises became locally extinct on Floreana Island, the Floreana Ecological Restoration Project ...