The tortoise is believed to be about 100 years old. It was taken by boat to the main Galapagos conservation center on Santa Cruz island. Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a ...

A rare WA turtle species in "dire straits" is ... to bring the reptiles back from the brink of extinction. Western swamp tortoises, which are actually a type of turtle, will be bred in Perth ...

Help Us Save This Desert Tortoise An icon of the desert needs your help ... It would permanently scar the largest undeveloped area in the United States, destroy essential habitat for polar bears and ...

All 1,117 animals are from a rare, endemic species, per officials. “The repatriation of the 963 animals -- ring-tailed lemurs, brown lemurs, spider tortoises, and radiated tortoises -- is a ...

Things to do on the Galápagos Islands include spending time with local wildlife and hiking to the rim of one of the world's largest volcanic craters.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has issued an executive order that weakens protections for tortoises displaced from development sites around the state and authorizes indefinite ...