For decades, the Charles Darwin Research Station has been ... Adjacent to the Research Station is the Tortoise Trail, an excellent place to observe tortoises and appreciate the enduring relevance ...

The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

A Galapagos tortoise at the Philadelphia Zoo has four new hatchlings. The first-time mother and her mate are both 100 years old!

After his death, his body was stuffed and is currently displayed at the Charles Darwin Research Center in the Galapagos. Giant tortoises are believed to have arrived on the remote volcanic island ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time pare ...

Although Western Santa Cruz tortoises are still facing threats such as habitat loss and invasive species, Galápagos National ...

such as the notched shell of Pinzón Island’s saddleback giant tortoise. Tui De Roy / Minden Pictures In Charles Darwin’s day, the Galápagos Islands were perhaps the best place in the world ...

Charles Darwin ... 600 miles from Ecuador. Darwin made detailed notes and collected lots of animals, plants, insects and reptiles. He noted that the shells of tortoises differed from island ...