Discovery of lonely tortoise doubles known members of 'phantasticus' species - Phys.org


7/19/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Science X staff

The discovery in 2019 of a lone small female tortoise living on one of the most inaccessible islands of the Galapagos Islands has baffled evolutionary biologists. Only one other tortoise, a large male discovered in 1906, has ever been found on Fernandina Isla…

The discovery in 2019 of a lone small female tortoise living on one of the most inaccessible islands of the Galapagos Islands has baffled evolutionary biologists. Only one other tortoise, a large mal… [+5135 chars]

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