The Lonesome George room is in Puerto Ayora, the city where about 13,000 Galapagueños live. The Galápagos National Park ...

In 2015, the Galapagos authorities announced the discovery of a new species of tortoise that they called Chelonoidis donfaustoi, named after Fausto Llerena, the park ranger who for 40 years looked ...

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.

However, in addition to the special activities, every day involved some kind of walk or hike and snorkeling, except for the day when we went to see the giant tortoises on Santa Cruz. Some days ...

Ever since I saw two giant tortoises at the old Penang Reptile Farm (which no longer exists today), the Galapagos Islands have always been on my travel bucket list. Last year, my wife and I ...

MOSCOW, October 6. /TASS/. Unidentified persons have stolen over 120 giant tortoises from the breeding facility in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador's Minitsry of the Environment reported on Saturday.