On a hot February morning, Galápagos National Park rangers released 50 giant tortoises back to Floreana Island—marking the ...

The island of Floreana, part of the Galápagos archipelago, is steeped in mystery and lore. From its history as a prison in ...

With science and good luck, 158 young tortoises were reintroduced to Floreana Island in the Galapagos. Plus, an ancient sea turtle stampede.

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.

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died. Gramma was born ...

Gramma the Galapagos tortoise was a roughly 141-year-old icon for visitors to the San Diego Zoo. After nearly a century of delighting guests, the zoo shared on social media this week that she died ...

For the first time in nearly two centuries, giant tortoises are once again roaming Floreana Island in the Galápagos, a conservation milestone more than a decade in the making. Early settlers on ...

Ecuador-Galapagos Giant Tortoises Galapagos National Park rangers attach a tracking device to a juvenile giant tortoise before its release on Floreana Island as part of a project to reintroduce the ...

San Diego’s “Queen of the Zoo” has died. Her name was Gramma, and she was a Galápagos tortoise whose 141 years of existence (give or take) included more than 20 presidents, two world wars and a pair ...

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LOS ANGELES — After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.