He endured a long, lonely plod towards extinction as the last of his kind, but there are now hopes a species of giant tortoise feared to have died out could now be resurrected. Lonesome George, a ...

A baby tortoise spotted on Pinzón Island. (Credit: James Gibbs) When it comes to protecting endangered species, humans can do more harm than good. However, sometimes our efforts are exactly what ...

Lonesome George, the last of the Pinta Island saddleback tortoises, died in 2012 after living for over one hundred years. Though George is gone, his species may not suffer the same tragic fate.

Discover how Galapagos tortoises self-righting abilities differ between shell types, impacting their survival. Chiari and her colleagues used 3D shell reconstructions of 89 adult tortoises–three ...

Some of the Galapagos tortoises have a domed upper shell, called a carapace, that resembles an upside-down bowl. But some species, such as the male specimen from Fernandina, have a saddleback-style ...

Fernandina Giant-Tortoise (Chelonoidis phantasticus) female, nicknamed Fern, photographed in the Giant Tortoises breeding center in Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands. It is the only extant specimen of the ...