Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a giant tortoise from a species thought ... Their numbers were also hit by invasive species such as rats, pigs and dogs, which eat their ...

Galapagos giant tortoises are so well-known that even ... newly hatched tortoises and young tortoises face numerous predators, including rats, cats and hawks. Juvenile tortoises grow slowly ...

Marco Andres Vizcaino Garcia is probably the most qualified naturalist guide a person could hire during their visit to Galápagos National Park and its adjacent marine reserve. Born into a fishing ...

Staff at the Galapagos National Park in Ecuador announced Lonesome George, a giant tortoise believed to be the last of its subspecies, has died. Scientists estimate he was about 100 years old.