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The Aldabra giant photographed in the Anjajavy Reserve on 26 August 2022. Chainsawpunk/Wikimedia Commons
ALDABRA GIANT

Giant tortoises return to Madagascar 600 years after being wiped out

The reintroduction of the Aldabra giant is the first time giant tortoises have been released in Madagascar since the 1500s

  • Grant Joseph
5 min read
Diversity: Giant tortoises on Galápagos Islands of Ecuador are under scientific scrutiny since scientists found they may have misnamed one of them. (Michael Nolan/Robert Harding Premium/AFP)
CHELONOIDIS CHATHAMENSIS

New giant tortoise species found on Galápagos after DNA study

Researchers compared the genetic material of tortoises living on San Cristóbal with bones and shells collected in 1906 from a cave in the island’s highlands and found them to be…

  • Afp
2 min read