Seychelles and Galápagos islands are all we have left. But how did these big reptiles get to the islands in the first place? And why is turtle anatomy so weird? Would you like your own giant tortoise ...

The Accidental Arrival That Changed Everything The islands are volcanic in origin and were never attached to any continent.

Pigs, rats, cats and mongooses, all brought to the island decades earlier by humans, were to blame for their demise, preying ...

A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other ...

Ecuador’s vanguard moral-legal compass for nature is perhaps why the Galápagos Islands, an archipelago 900km off the ...

The Galapagos tortoise is known to live for over a century in the wild, with some individuals living longer than 150 years.

Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals ...

Windswept isolation, inhospitality to humans, and piracy have historically kept this place one of the planet's truly wild and ...

An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. She moved ...

Tortoises are among the longest living creatures on the Earth, they have a slow and steady pace that often intrigues people ...