Genetic testing has confirmed that a lone, 100-year old, female giant tortoise found on Fernandina Island in the Galápagos is in fact the last known member of her species Chelonoidis phantasticus, the Fernandina Giant Tortoise. Presumed extinct for 112 years, the Galápagos Conservancy and the Galápagos National Park Directorate will urgently launch expeditions, according to a […]

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