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 ...

Galapagos giant tortoises are some of the longest-living animals on Earth, but how do they pull off the feat? A new study has examined the genome of the species and found that they pack plenty of ...

Ecuador confirmed on Tuesday that a giant tortoise found in 2019 in the Galapagos Islands is a species considered extinct a century ago. The Galapagos National Park is preparing an expedition to ...

Scientists have discovered a species of Galapagos tortoise that hasn’t been seen for 115 years, and was presumed extinct. DNA tests have confirmed that a specimen found in 2019 is indeed a long-lost ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Galápagos giant tortoises can weigh well over 300 pounds and often live over 100 years. So what’s the secret to their evolutionary success? A new study concludes that compared with ...

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 ...

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Gilead Sciences Inc. and partner Galapagos NV touched off a round of Wall Street chin-scratching as they disclosed phase IIb/III data showing that JAK1 inhibitor filgotinib in ulcerative colitis (UC) ...

The suspension of tourism activities around the world as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic gave researchers the chance to answer an important question: What impact does tourism have on wildlife ...

The start of Galapagos NV’s phase IIa trial with its cystic fibrosis (CF) therapy, GLPG1832, triggered new speculation regarding what’s ahead for the apparently solid franchise in the space held by ...

A tour guide off the Galapagos Islands captured footage of an orca flinging its dinner through the air, something orcas are known to do. Orcas are known for playing with their food. We’ve seen ...