White shell and red eyes: this baby tortoise born in May in a tropical zoo located in Servion, western Switzerland, is the first albino Galapagos giant turtle ever observed in captivity or in the wild ...

QUITO, Ecuador – Scientists in Ecuador's Galapagos islands are hoping to restore a turtle species believed extinct since the 1800s. The Chelonoidis elephantopus lived on Floreana Island and was ...

The turtle was found two years ago on Fernandina Island, one of the youngest and most pristine in the archipelago. A turtle considered extinct 100 years ago in Galapagos is still in existence says ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. QUITO, Ecuador — In a story Sept. 13 about efforts to restore an extinct tortoise species in the Galapagos ...

"Pepe the Missionary," a giant tortoise who rose to fame as one of the most photographed animals on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, has died at age 60, officials said Friday. Pepe, who lived in a corral ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — In a story Sept. 13 about efforts to restore an extinct tortoise species in the Galapagos Islands, The Associated Press misidentified the name of the island where some tortoises ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Scientists in Ecuador’s Galapagos islands are hoping to restore a turtle species believed extinct since the 1800s. The Chelonoidis elephantopus lived on Floreana Island and was ...

QUITO (Reuters) - After stunning conservationists by mating for the first time in decades, a giant tortoise from the Galapagos islands called Lonesome George, who is the last of his kind, still may ...

A Galapagos turtle is discovered by a fisherman in Chile after stormy weather carried the animal away from warm waters. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.May 31, 2012 ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. We weren't even supposed to be here. But our walk exploring the island of Fernandino has suddenly ...