Extinction

'Extinct' Tortoise Rediscovered

'Extinct' Tortoise Rediscovered

The Fernandina Tortoise, presumed extinct since 1906, has been rediscovered on a remote volcanic island in the Galapagos, during an Animal Planet funded expedition...

Some Good News for the Rarest Turtle in the World

Some Good News for the Rarest Turtle in the World

The world's most endangered turtle species and, one of the world’s rarest animals, Swinhoe's Softshell Turtle has been given a boost following successes using a technique called eDNA to identify a new individual at a lake on the outskirts of Hanoi, Vietnam...