Quito, Jul 13 (EFE).- A team of scientists recently monitored hundreds of giant tortoises introduced since 2015 on Santa Fe Island, part of Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago, in an effort to promote the re-population of those reptiles in areas where they had gone extinct. Ecuador’s Environment Ministry said in a statement that those experts are affiliated …
A rare species of giant tortoise, feared extinct for more than 100 years, was sighted on the Galápagos island of Fernandina Sunday, the Ecuadorian government announced. The tortoise, an adult female of the species Chelonoidis phantasticus, was found during an investigation by the Galápagos National Park and the U.S. environmental group Galapagos Conservancy, The Associated Press reported.