On a hot February morning, Galápagos National Park rangers released 50 giant tortoises back to Floreana Island—marking the ...

More than a century after tortoises became locally extinct on Floreana Island, the Floreana Ecological Restoration Project today released 158 giant tortoises back to the island, marking one of the ...

Lindblad Expeditions funding has helped return 158 giant tortoises to their former home on Floreana Island.

This release is one piece of a $15 million restoration project that has been in the works for more than a decade.

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic donations helped fund the return of 158 giant tortoises to Floreana Island, part of ...

Each tortoise underwent an extensive quarantine and was microchipped before its release. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...