The Fernandina Giant Tortoise is one of 14 giant tortoise species found in the Galapagos Islands, but only ten of them are known to have survived human settlement and.
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The animals that made it back from the brink of extinction Africanews 15/03/2021
The World Wildlife Fund estimates that on average the world has seen a
60 per cent decrease in the population size of mammals, birds, fish and amphibians due to
conservation projects can originate in the strangest of ways and
Here are some remarkable
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Researchers decided to investigate further nearly 50 years on after a reported sighting in Djibouti, a country within the Horn of Africa. They were puzzled by this revelation due to their namesake being the only country they were believed to have inhabited pre-extinction.
Thriving Giant Tortoise Population Discovered at Galapagos Volcano
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According to scientists from the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative (GTRI), a project of the US nonprofit Galapagos Conservancy, Inc., the results from a recent expedition to Alcedo Volcano in Galapagos to conduct a census of the tortoise population there exceeded all expectations. WASHINGTON (PRWEB) February 08, 2021 Researchers with the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative (GTRI) on an expedition to Alcedo Volcano in the northern part of Isabela Island, Galapagos, recently conducted a complete census of the tortoise population there ( Chelonoidis vandenburghi ), resulting in population estimates far surpassing what was expected for this species. A total of 4,723 individual tortoises were located and marked, and scientists on the expedition noted the remarkable recovery of the region’s habitat overall following the eradication
Cyler Conrad, an adjunct assistant professor of Archaeology at The University of New Mexico, recently co-authored a chapter in a book called
Galapagos Giant Tortoises. In this magnum opus, contributors from around the world examine the tortoise’s island home, English naturalist Charles Darwin’s visit to the island to observe the enormous reptile, conservation, and its future.
Cyler Conrad, adjunct assistant professor, Archaeology.
Conrad’s chapter, co-authored with James Gibbs from State University of New York and the Galapagos Conservancy, is called
The era of exploitation: 1535-1959 and explores the tragic hunt of the creatures to near-extinction by mariners, colonists, and collectors. A combination of overhunting of whales, the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania, the American Civil War, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad across the United States prevented the final extinction of the behemoth.