For the past 50 years, the Galapagos Islands have been at the heart of a restoration and conservation program.

The female Chelonoidis phantasticus was located on a remote island. A species of tortoise thought by scientists to be extinct for more than 100 years were actually hiding in plain sight on a ...

Genetic tests match the single female tortoise to the species Chelonoidis phantasticus, Ecuador's Ministry of the Environment and Water confirmed Tuesday. A team of geneticists from Yale ...

The reptile is believed to be responsible for 40 percent of the tortoise population on Española Island A Galápagos tortoise named Diego is heading into retirement as one proud dad. The reptile ...

Here are the animals that scientists rediscovered in 2019: A specimen of the giant Galapagos tortoise Chelonoidis phantasticus, thought to have gone extinct about a century ago, is seen at the ...

Researchers described the new species, now officially known as Chelonoidis donfaustoi, in a study published Wednesday in PLOS ONE. The tortoises were thought to be part of a species (Chelonoidis ...

His considerable effort helped his species, known scientifically as Chelonoidis hoodensis, rebound to a population of 2,000. It also turned him into a star, his sexual prowess the subject of ...

In the meantime, they’ll take DNA samples from the female tortoise and send them to Yale University, where giant tortoise specialists are located, to confirm she is a Chelonoidis phantasticus.

At the time, they suspected she might be a member of Chelonoidis phantasticus, a species of giant tortoise native to the island that had long been thought extinct. In fact, the last time anyone ...

Those tortoises spread out among the islands, and soon the populations grew apart, making each inhabited island home to a distinct species of Chelonoidis tortoise. Or so biologists thought.

To prove the link, scientists took samples from the female to compare to the remains of a male from the species Chelonoidis phantasticus. The last previous sighting of the species had been in 1906.