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100-Year-Old Tortoise Starts His First-Time Fatherhood at Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Zoo has long been active in Galápagos tortoise conservation—giants native to the Ecuadorian archipelago. Arriving in the zoo in the 1940s, it had never exhibited any inclination for mating. But lately, staff members paired him with a 35-year-old female called Estrella based on behavioral changes.
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Rare Baby Albino Galapagos Giant Tortoise Makes Public Debut, Internet Delighted
A zoo in Switzerland has welcomed a rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise. The zoo posted a "never before seen" photo of the baby tortoise on its Facebook page on Friday. The two tortoises were born as part of a conservation program.
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100-Year-Old Giant Tortoise "Diego" Retires After Saving His Species
Diego the giant Galapagos tortoise whose tireless efforts are credited with almost single-handedly saving his once-threatened species, was put out to pasture Monday on his native island after decades of breeding in captivity, Ecuador's environment minister said.
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Giant Tortoise, Thought To Be Extinct, Found After 100 Years
Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a giant tortoise from a species thought to have become extinct more than a century ago.
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"Extinct" Galapagos Tortoise Found After 100 Years
A living member of a species of giant tortoise long thought to be extinct has been discovered on the Galapagos island of Ferdinandina.
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Body Of Tortoise 'Lonesome George' Returned To Galapagos Islands
The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George -- the last known survivor of a species that died out in 2012 -- returned home to the Ecuadoran Galapagos Islands on Friday.
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New Giant Tortoise Species Discovered in Galapagos
Scientists have identified a new species of giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific.
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World loses giant tortoise species with death of Lonesome George
Lonesome George has died, leaving the world one species poorer.
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100-Year-Old Tortoise Starts His First-Time Fatherhood at Philadelphia Zoo
The Philadelphia Zoo has long been active in Galápagos tortoise conservation—giants native to the Ecuadorian archipelago. Arriving in the zoo in the 1940s, it had never exhibited any inclination for mating. But lately, staff members paired him with a 35-year-old female called Estrella based on behavioral changes.
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Rare Baby Albino Galapagos Giant Tortoise Makes Public Debut, Internet Delighted
A zoo in Switzerland has welcomed a rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise. The zoo posted a "never before seen" photo of the baby tortoise on its Facebook page on Friday. The two tortoises were born as part of a conservation program.
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100-Year-Old Giant Tortoise "Diego" Retires After Saving His Species
Diego the giant Galapagos tortoise whose tireless efforts are credited with almost single-handedly saving his once-threatened species, was put out to pasture Monday on his native island after decades of breeding in captivity, Ecuador's environment minister said.
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Giant Tortoise, Thought To Be Extinct, Found After 100 Years
Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a giant tortoise from a species thought to have become extinct more than a century ago.
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"Extinct" Galapagos Tortoise Found After 100 Years
A living member of a species of giant tortoise long thought to be extinct has been discovered on the Galapagos island of Ferdinandina.
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Body Of Tortoise 'Lonesome George' Returned To Galapagos Islands
The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George -- the last known survivor of a species that died out in 2012 -- returned home to the Ecuadoran Galapagos Islands on Friday.
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New Giant Tortoise Species Discovered in Galapagos
Scientists have identified a new species of giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific.
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World loses giant tortoise species with death of Lonesome George
Lonesome George has died, leaving the world one species poorer.
