US EditionAfter 175 years, Galápagos giant tortoises return home
The release of 158 juvenile hybrid tortoises aims to restore Floreana Island’s ecosystem and recover the extinct species’ genetic lineage, with 700 planned for reintroduction.
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How the Nasa Helps the Return of Giant Turtles Missing From an Island of the Galápagos for 150 Years
Thanks to data from the satellites of the Nasa, 158 tortoises of the Galápagos have just been released on an island that had not seen them since the 19th century.
BBC: Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years
BBC: Giant tortoises return to Galápagos island after nearly 200 years. “Giant tortoises are roaming the Galápagos island of Floreana for the first time in more than 180 years, in what conservationists have called a ‘hugely significant milestone’. The release of 158 captive-bred juvenile tortoises onto the island is part of the Floreana Ecological Restoration Project led by the Galápagos National Park Directorate.”
Between cameras and flashes, 158 giant turtles returned home: these specimens were reintroduced to Floreana Island, in the Galapagos archipelago, in Ecuador. This is the first stage of a repopulation of this species that became extinct from those lands for 180 years. At that time, they were seized without control by whalers boats, who came to hunt those islands in the 19th century. PHOTO: Galapagos National Park Giant Turtles: a healthy return T…
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