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Iguana Feces Support Biodiversity

Researchers discover that the Galápagos Land Iguana is providing an important ecological service by dispersing seeds of native vegetation. People often think of mammals as contributors to the spread of plant seeds—they eat the seeds contained in the fruit and later leave them behind elsewhere, a phenomenon known as “seed dispersal.” But, not only mammals do […]

Written by on December 15, 2016

Four Baby Giant Tortoises Discovered on Seychelles’ Curieuse Island

Four baby Giant Tortoises were found on Curieuse Marine National Park. Curieuse is one of the Inner Islands Group of the Seychelles Islands. The baby tortoises are an uplifting sign for conservationists, who lost four years of captive breeding efforts and care when 25 of their 28 baby tortoises were stolen from their nursery. The baby […]

Written by on September 2, 2016

Breeding Efforts May Resurrect Giant Tortoise Species

Once a species is extinct, there’s no going back…right? Conservationists in the Galapagos are not so sure. The highly publicized 2012 death of “Lonesome George,” the last Pinta Island native Giant Tortoise in existence, represented a major loss for conservationists and wildlife lovers. The death of Lonesome George marked the fourth extinction of fifteen distinct […]

Written by on July 26, 2016