🐢 Giant Tortoises Return to Galapagos Island After 180 Years of Extinction

For the first time since the mid-1800s, giant tortoises are roaming the volcanic slopes of Floreana Island in Ecuador's Galápagos archipelago. On Friday, the Galápagos National Park Directorate and the Galápagos Conservancy released 158 juvenile hybrid tortoises at two sites on the island, marking a pivotal moment in one of the most ambitious ecological restoration projects ever attempted in the Pacific.