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Recent Press Coverage
Not so ‘Lonesome?’ Galápagos tortoise subspecies thought extinct lives on. (2/3/20), NBC News
Tortuga Diego regresará a la isla Española (1/12/20), Ecuavisa (video featuring Wacho Tapia and James Gibbs, in Spanish)
The tortoise whose rampant sex drive helped save his species is finally retiring (1/12/20), The Washington Post
Diego, the Tortoise Whose High Sex Drive Helped Save His Species, Retires (1/12/20), The New York Times
This giant tortoise isn’t extinct after all (2/22/19), BBC Newsday
How an ‘extinct’ tortoise was rediscovered after a century (2/22/19), National Geographic
Innovative Conservation Strategies Help Restore Nearly Extinct Tortoises On Galapagos Islands (2/21/19), Wisconsin Public Radio
‘Extinct’ Galapagos tortoise found after 100 years (2/21/19), CNN
Unraveling The Mysteries Of Sharks In The Galápagos Thanks To An App (2/13/19), Forbes
Archived Press Coverage
Years after his death, Lonesome George’s genome offers clues to long life (12/4/18), PBS
In death, Lonesome George reveals why giant tortoises live so long (12/3/18), Phys.org
Exploring Galapagos snakes on volcanoes (7/26/18), Phys.org
The Galápagos Tortortoise Next Door (4/23/17), Scientific American
Innovative Conservation Strategies Help Restore Nearly Extinct Tortoises On Galapagos Islands (3/3/17), Wisconsin Public Radio, featuring Dr. James Gibbs
Giant Tortoises Island Hop Across the Galapagos (8/5/15), The New York Times
Historic Discovery for Giant Tortoises (3/15/15), CNN
Undoing the Damage to the Galapagos (12/22/14), MSNBC
Galapagos (7/1/14), Radiolab
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Latest News
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Traveling to Ecuador Amidst the COVID-19 Outbreak
03.13.20 UPDATE: As of Monday, 3/16/20, the Environmental Ministry of Ecuador has restricted... More >
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Galapagos Conservancy President Announces Forthcoming Retirement
02.24.20 February 24, 2020 President of Galapagos Conservancy, Johannah Barry, is announcing... More >
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BREAKING: Expedition to Wolf Locates Tortoise with Pinta Genes
02.01.20 January 31, 2020 A team that traveled to Wolf Volcano for a 10-day expedition... More >
Latest Blog Posts
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On the Case: Galapagos Team Embarks on Search for ‘Most Wanted’ Giant Tortoise
By Lindsay Renick Mayer of Global Wildlife Conservation In February of 2019,... More >
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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Darwin Volcano Tortoises, Part II
By Diego Andino Robalino, Biologist and Naturalist Guide with the Galapagos... More >
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Unraveling the Mysteries of the Darwin Volcano Tortoises, Part I
By Wacho Tapia, Director of the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative. Leer... More >
