What Galapagos Tortoises Can Teach Us About Drug Development

In Darwinian terms, survival isn’t a matter of being the biggest, the fastest, or the strongest of the species, but instead ...
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Giant tortoise celebrates his 135th birthday - and first Father’s Day - at Miami Zoo

A giant Galapagos tortoise has turned 135 – and he’s also just become a father for the first time, says Miami Zoo officials. Despite multiple breeding attempts throughout his lifetime, Goliath never ...
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Goliath the Galápagos tortoise celebrated his first Father's Day and 135th birthday

Goliath the tortoise had a big shellebration Sunday as he marked his first Father's Day. He also turned 135 at Zoo Miami. His hatchling was born on June 4 after incubating for about four months, ...
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Galapagos giant tortoises edited by James P. Gibbs, Linda J. Cayot, Washington Tapia Aguilera

Section I. Overview -- The Galapagos : island home of giant tortoises / Jack Frazier -- Galapagos tortoises : protagonists in the spectacle of life on Earth / Jack Frazier -- Section II. History of ...
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Help track tortoises in the Galapagos with Zooniverse

Citizen scientists can help track the progress of a new population of tortoises in the Galapagos with the Giant Tortoise Initiative on Zooniverse. Finches may have been the key to Darwin's theory of ...
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Meet The World’s Oldest Living Land Animal. Hint: He Was Born Before Lightbulbs Existed

Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s most impressive longevity experiments. Giant tortoises are redefining what ...
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Goliath, the Galápagos tortoise, celebrated his first Father's Day and 135th birthday

Goliath the tortoise had a big shellebration Sunday as he marked his first Father's Day. He also turned 135 at Zoo Miami. His hatchling was born on June 4 after incubating for about four months, ...