In June 2020, a very special giant tortoise set foot on his native island of Española after an absence of 86 years.

We take a look at the parallel histories of Aldabra and Galapagos giant tortoises, and the ways in which both are now helping to restore island ecosystems.

We spoke to Gislayne Mendoza Alcívar at the Charles Darwin Foundation about her research, partly funded by GCT, looking at the presence and prevalence of infectious agents in giant tortoises.

Cristian Peñafiel, field assistant working at the Charles Darwin Foundation, shares his experience studying one of the Archipelago's most iconic residents.

The remarkable story of the Floreana giant tortoise, a species that the world thought was lost forever.

We spoke to Dr Patrick Moldowan, who joined the Galapagos Tortoise Movement Ecology Programme as Principal Investigator earlier this year, about the team’s recent work in the field.

A new study published in the journal Environmental Pollution has found that giant tortoises on Santa Cruz island are ingesting items including medical face masks, glass and plastic bags.

Take a trip back in time to discover the history of the most famous Galapagos species of all, the giant tortoise.

Gislayne, a biotechnologist from Galapagos, explores the use of PCR in work to assess the health of Endangered giant tortoises.