World's oldest known tortoise dies aged 193: Jonathan - who met the late Queen when she was a princess - 'passes away peacefully' ○
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12 days ago
When the reptile was born, Queen Victoria had yet to take the British throne, Charles Darwin had not visited the Galapagos, and Germany was a chaotic collection of 39 sovereign states.
27 days ago
When the Forest Breathes by Suzanne Simard review – the Indiana Jones of trees returns ⊕
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The author of Finding the Mother Tree is back with an inspiring call to the next generation of ecologists
It’s 2021, and Suzanne Simard is in a police vehicle, being escorted off a protest site in Fai…
52 days ago
Giant tortoises return to Galapagos island after 150 years ○
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More than 150 giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Ecuador’s Floreana Island in the Galapagos.
4 months ago
Heartbreak as oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, dies at estimated 141 years old ⊖
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Gramma was brought from the Galapagos Islands to the Bronx Zoo in the 1900s and survived more than 20 US presidents and both World Wars.
‘Queen of the Zoo’: Gramma, tortoise who lived through two world wars, dies aged 141 ○
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Gramma came to San Diego Zoo from Bronx Zoo in 1928 or 1931 and lived through 20 US presidents
After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved …
11 months ago
The hidden underwater eden of ‘California’s Galapagos’, where kelp, sea lions and giant bass reign ○
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On the remote Channel Islands, a draw for researchers and divers, preservation has transformed the ecosystem
Just 14 miles (23km) off the southern California coast lies a vast underwater paradise.
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12 months ago
Zoo's tortoises become first-time parents... aged about 100 ○
Critically endangered Galapagos tortoises Abrazzo and Mommy are parents of four hatchlings at Philadelphia Zoo
Zoo's tortoises become first-time parents ... aged about 100 ○
Critically endangered Galapagos tortoises Abrazzo and Mommy are parents of four hatchlings at Philadelphia Zoo
First time parent... at 97! Endangered Galapagos tortoise becomes oldest first time mum to four baby hatchlings ○
The Philadelphia Zoo, where the tortoise named Mommy laid her eggs, said it was 'overjoyed' over the arrival of the four hatchlings, a first in its more than 150-year history.
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