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For the first time in nearly 200 years, giant tortoises are roaming Floreana Island again.
After finding surviving Floreana genes in tortoises on Wolf Volcano, scientists bred and released 156 juveniles — a key step toward restoring the island’s lost ecosystem.
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Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island 180 years after relatives went extinct
For the first time in nearly two centuries, giant tortoises are once again roaming Floreana Island in the Galápagos, a conservation milestone more than a decade in the making. Early settlers on…
