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Tiny white tortoise baby is the ‘first of its kind'
Zoo keepers say the odds of an albino tortoise are 1 in 100,000. The white tortoise is one of two Galápagos giant tortoises ...
Giant tortoises coming to Indianapolis Zoo
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo is welcoming two of the world's largest tortoise species. The giant tortoise exhibit ...
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Galápagos tortoise found alive is from species thought extinct
Genetic tests have confirmed that a giant tortoise found on the Galápagos ... The Director of the Galapagos National Park, Danny Rueda, has said that an expedition will be launched to Fernandina ...
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Rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise faces the world
One of two tortoises that recently hatched at Tropiquarium, a zoo in Servion, Switzerland is the first time that an albino Galápagos tortoise has been born and kept in captivity, so this little ...
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Rare giant tortoise surfaces in the Galapagos Islands after a century
The tortoise is believed to be about 100 years old. It was taken by boat to the main Galapagos conservation center on Santa Cruz island. Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a ...
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Tortoise with species-saving sex drive returns to Galápagos
A giant tortoise whose legendary libido has been credited with saving his species from extinction is to return to the wild on the Galápagos Islands. Diego was among 14 male tortoises selected to ...
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Galapagos 'fantastic giant tortoise' was believed to be extinct for 100 years — until the discovery of a lone 50-year-old female nicknamed Fernanda
A single giant female tortoise was discovered in 2019 on Fernandina Island, an active volcano in the Galápagos Islands that's considered by some to be the largest pristine island on earth.