They're back! The Galapagos Giant Tortoises were once nearly extinct, but now are thriving
Not so long ago there were only fifteen of them. Now there are more than 2,000 Giant Tortoises living and breeding in the wild in the Galapagos. By the the 1960s, giant tortoises were almost entirely wiped out. But then a long and complex effort to try and save them was launched. It worked....
Not so long ago there were only fifteen of them. Now there are more than 2,000 Giant Tortoises living and breeding in the wild in the Galapagos. By the the 1960s, giant tortoises were almost entirely wiped out. But then a long and complex effort to try and save them was launched. It worked.
And a study published this week explains how.
James Gibbs is the lead scientist on the study. He is also a professor of Vertebrate Conservation Biology at the State University of New York. We reached him in Syracuse.