A giant tortoise from a species previously thought to be extinct was located on the Galapagos Islands. The species was last spotted in 1906. The Fernandina or the female Chelonoidis phantasticus was found in 2019 during an expedition. To confirm, scientists tested the samples. They compared them with remains from […]
After 40 years of doing his best for a good cause, the giant tortoise Diego will now enter retirement. He was well known to the public for his robust sex drive and has fathered sufficient baby tortoises to bring his whole species back from the brink of extinction. More than […]
In the WFFT Rescue Center in Thailand resides Leonardo, the African spurred turtle that was rescued from a ZOO in Bangkok in 2013. In the sanctuary, a little calf named Simon came this January after being seriously injured in the legs. The poor calf was with its mother when it […]