Topic: Extinction

'Extinct' Tortoise Only Moved

David Cook Wildlife Photography / Flickr

It's the reptilian feel-good story of the year: A species of giant tortoise thought to be extinct for 150 years turns out to be alive and living on an even more remote island than the one from which it supposedly died out.

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