Galapagos Giant Tortoise

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  Rare Baby Albino Galapagos Giant Tortoise Makes Public Debut, Internet Delighted

  A zoo in Switzerland has welcomed a rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise. The zoo posted a "never before seen" photo of the baby tortoise on its Facebook page on Friday. The two tortoises were born as part of a conservation program.

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  100-Year-Old Giant Tortoise "Diego" Retires After Saving His Species

  Diego the giant Galapagos tortoise whose tireless efforts are credited with almost single-handedly saving his once-threatened species, was put out to pasture Monday on his native island after decades of breeding in captivity, Ecuador's environment minister said.

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  Giant Tortoise, Thought To Be Extinct, Found After 100 Years

  Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a giant tortoise from a species thought to have become extinct more than a century ago.

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  "Extinct" Galapagos Tortoise Found After 100 Years

  A living member of a species of giant tortoise long thought to be extinct has been discovered on the Galapagos island of Ferdinandina.

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  Body Of Tortoise 'Lonesome George' Returned To Galapagos Islands

  The embalmed body of the giant tortoise known as Lonesome George -- the last known survivor of a species that died out in 2012 -- returned home to the Ecuadoran Galapagos Islands on Friday.

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  New Giant Tortoise Species Discovered in Galapagos

  Scientists have identified a new species of giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific.

• World loses giant tortoise species with death of Lonesome George

  Lonesome George has died, leaving the world one species poorer.