Extinct may not be forever for some species of Galapagos tortoises
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 11:28
in Biology & Nature
Hybrid tortoise on Volcano Wolf. Yale scientists report that genetic traces of extinct species of Galapagos tortoises exist in descendants now living in the wild, a finding that could spur breeding programs to restore the species, The report appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.