A presumed-extinct giant tortoise of the Galápagos Islands was found alive in 2019, and a new DNA study confirms the female tortoise is the same species as an animal collected over a century ago. “Fernanda,” as she’s called, is the only living Fernandina Island tortoise (Chelonoidis...
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Researchers in Ecuador have found a long lost friend. This week, government officials and conservation associations confirmed that a giant tortoise found three years ago belongs to a species that was previously thought extinct for a century. Read...
The Collapse of Darwin’s Arch in the Galápagos Is Making Me Feel Very Existential Right Now
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The steady march of time has caused Darwin’s Arch—an iconic rock formation in the Galápagos Islands—to collapse. Read...