giant tortoise
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‘Extinct’ Giant Tortoise Was Just Chilling on an Island
A DNA analysis of a tortoise named Fernanda confirms she is closely related to an animal last spotted in the wild in 1906.
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A Giant Galapagos Tortoise Species Thought Extinct for a Century Lives
Researchers in Ecuador have found a long lost friend. This week, government officials and conservation associations confirmed that a giant tortoise found three years ago belongs to a species that was previously thought extinct for a century.