Proud parents Mommy and Abrazzo are both nearly 100 years old, but they’re contributing to Galápagos tortoise conservation at ...

For decades, environmentalists unsuccessfully tried to get the Pinta Island tortoise to reproduce with females from a similar subspecies on the Galapagos Islands. Park officials said the tortoise ...

Four rare Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise hatchlings will go on public view at Philadelphia Zoo starting April 23.

A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows that a social lifestyle isn ...

Originally, there were 14 different giant tortoise species here. Sadly, two are now extinct, including the last Pinta Island ...

The world’s rarest creature died in 2012. His name was Lonesome George, and he was the last Pinta Island tortoise, a subspecies of Galápagos tortoise. By most estimates, he was 100 years old ...

Lonesome George was the last known individual of the Pinta Island tortoise species. He became a poignant symbol of the devastating impact of human interference on the Galápagos ecosystem ...