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Recent Press Coverage
These Galápagos tortoises have returned home after saving their species (7/6/20), Lonely Planet
These tortoises saved their species from extinction. Now they’re back home (7/1/20), CNN Travel
Diego, key to saving his species, returns home after more than 80 years (6/19/20), UN Environment
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
Previous Key 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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Rediscovering the Giant Tortoises and Magical Landscapes of Alcedo Volcano
By Wacho Tapia, Director of the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative Alcedo... More >
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Documenting Galapagos Giant Tortoises: Walking Among Modern Dinosaurs
By Lucas Bustamante, co-founder at Tropical Herping and Giant Tortoise Restoration... More >
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‘Galapagos Giant Tortoises:’ Synthesis of a Half Century of Study and Conservation
By Linda Cayot, retired GC Science Advisor In July 2012 a mere two weeks... More >
