Mongabay on MSN4 天
Massive tortoise rewilding in Madagascar’s spiny forest strives to save fraught species
Gabriel Andriamanjaka holds the radiotracking aerial aloft and marches into a spiky forest thicket. Branches whip around his ...
BBC4 年
Tortoise with species-saving sex drive returns to Galápagos
A giant tortoise whose legendary libido has been credited with saving his species from extinction is to return to the wild on the Galápagos Islands. Diego was among 14 male tortoises selected to ...
Center for Biological Diversity2 年
Gopher Tortoise Denied Lifesaving Endangered Species Act Protection
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied Endangered Species Act protections to the eastern ...
Center for Biological Diversity1 年
Lawsuit Challenges Denial of Endangered Species Protection to Gopher Tortoise
sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for denying Endangered Species Act protections to gopher tortoises across most of their range. The decision left the imperiled reptiles without lifesaving ...