In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface tells a story of volcanism that began roughly 2.5 million years ago, but ...

Renowned for their incredible range of subspecies and unique evolutionary adaptations, the Galapagos Islands are sometimes referred to as a ‘living laboratory of evolution’ because of their isolated ...

Four critically-endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo on Wednesday ...

At least 170 captive-bred giant tortoises were released onto a Galapagos island in Ecuador last month, according to the Galapagos National Park. The Chelonoidis vicina tortoises were bred and ...

April 4 (UPI) --The Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises ... A Florida man had to leave his Easter dinner in a hurry ...