Witness the power and speed of an alligator snapping turtle’s bite in this close encounter.

On a hot February morning, Galápagos National Park rangers released 50 giant tortoises back to Floreana Island—marking the beginning of a historic comeback.

On February 20, 158 captive-bred creatures were released onto the island. The return of these young tortoises, ages 8 to 13, marks the beginning of a historic conservation effort, and they are the ...

From horseshoe crabs to crocodiles, some of these creatures have looked about the same for hundreds of millions of years.

Long before humans walked the Earth, the skies of South America were ruled by a colossal bird. Argentavis magnificens, one of ...

The project has been supported for more than a decade by traveler donations to the Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Fund, which represents the longest-running and largest travel brand ...

Giant tortoises have returned to Floreana Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago as conservationists release 158 juvenile ...

According to Fauna & Flora, these prehistoric sea turtles trace their origins back to the dinosaur era, but their population ...

Eleven-year-old Touren Pope was hunting for rocks in southwest Wyoming when he came across the fossil of a soft-shelled ...

Touren Pope, 11, discovered a nearly 50-million-year-old fossil while hunting for rocks with his grandparents in Wyoming.

Critically endangered leatherback turtles are once again building nests along Nicaragua's Pacific shoreline after a prolonged absence. According to Fauna & Flora, these prehistoric sea turtles trace ...