Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

钱江晚报 据@中新文娱，美国佛罗里达州的迈阿密动物园近日迎来好消息，园内一只最年长、濒危的加拉帕戈斯象龟（Galapagos tortoise）迎来135岁生日，它在园区40多年来，一直未成功繁殖，直至今年6月初才首次当爸。

On June 15, 2025, in Miami, Goliath the Galapagos tortoise turned 135 and became a first-time father. His offspring hatched after 128 days of incubation, marking a historic first for Zoo Miami.

Goliath had been paired with several female tortoises before, in hopes of producing a hatchling, but the process wasn't ...

In 2012, Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his species died. George, from Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean, was a global symbol of conservation and brought to the attention ...

17. Galápagos Tortoise (image credits: unsplash) The Galápagos tortoise is like the wise old sage of the animal kingdom. These gentle giants lumber across the volcanic islands of the Galápagos, where ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Meteorologist Cecily Tynan took us on another edition of Zoo Adventures! On Wednesday, she got to learn about Galapagos tortoises. Watch more Zoo Adventures below: ...

Cecily Tynan learns about Galapagos tortoises during Zoo Adventures. WPVI – Philadelphia. Thu, June 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM UTC. Meteorologist Cecily Tynan took us on another edition of Zoo Adventures!

1 Introduction. Castrejón and Defeo (2024) analyzed the challenges of illegal longlining and ghost fishing in the Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR) and proposed strategies to develop a local small-scale ...

Sarah-Jane Muirie and Ginger the tortoise – credit, Sarah-Jane Muirie, released. Ginger was a lonely female tortoise who escaped from her home one year ago to try and find love.

During the session, the Operational Manual of the new Biodiversity Protection Programme for the Galápagos Islands was also approved. This flagship initiative, led by MAATE, will be implemented with ...