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Galápagos Park Releases 158 Juvenile Hybrid Tortoises

🌳 This is part of restoring the ecosystem on Floreana after 150 years without the "giants".

📈 Breeding program has long-term plans for populations with strong lineages.

https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-galapagos-giant-turtles-released-0b024b4742b6b47c5ae7b60ac5b097cd

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Giant tortoises reclaim Floreana Island in Galápagos after more than 150 years

Giant tortoises have returned to Floreana Island in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago as conservationists release 158 juvenile hybrids to restore the ecosystem. On Friday, the 8- to 13-year-old tortoises started roaming their new habitat as the first winter rains arrive. Fredy Villalba of the Galápagos National Park says the juveniles are big enough to fend off rats and cats. Officials plan a gradual release of 700 tortoises. Christian Sevilla, director of ecosystems of the Galapagos National Park, says the animals carry 40% to 80% of the genes of the Floreana giant tortoise. Scientists trace their lineage to Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island.

AP News

Animal Toy Blog Feb 14

Galapagos Islands Wildlife (Play Visions)

Review and images by Birdsage; edited by bmathison1972

While HMS Beagle’s famed second voyage in the 1830s visited far more than the Galápagos Islands—from Cabo Verde (where Charles Darwin’s geological revelations convinced him of Lyellian uniformitarianism) to Argentina (where Darwin came upon the type specimens of Glyptodon and Toxodon) and from Australia (where he noted many examples […]

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Nonilex Apr 6, 2025

An #Endangered #GalápagosTortoise Is a First-Time Mother at 100

Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz #tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since 1932.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/science/galapagos-tortoise-hatchlings-philadelphia-zoo.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=A6E5477C-AD56-4113-BA56-44EF946D02FB

An Endangered Galápagos Tortoise Is a First-Time Mother at 100

Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since 1932.

The New York Times

Animal Toy Blog Jan 28, 2025

Pinta Island Tortoise (Lonesome George, Grab-N-Go by REBOR)

My gratitude goes to Happy Hen Toys for providing this review sample, as well as for their patience in my completing this review. Be sure to check out their website after reading to fetch some prize models of your own.

On June 24th, 2012, a treasured celebrity left the world – not an actor or artist, and not exactly a political figure, but an icon of conservation and national wildlife […]

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