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Reports on April Fools’ Day of the death of the world’s oldest living land animal — a 193-year-old tortoise called Jonathan — ...

Discover the heartwarming story of 158 giant tortoises returning to their ancestral home on Floreana Island after nearly two centuries.

Jonathan the tortoise, the world's longest-living known land animal, remains alive despite claims of his death spreading on social media.

"Even our researcher friends in the US unraveling his DNA have just sent condolences." ...

On February 20, 2026, 158 juvenile giant tortoises, each with DNA from the long-extinct Floreana giant tortoise species, were released on Floreana in the Galápagos archipelago. Researchers ...

However, as of this writing, the reports that Jonathan the tortoise is dead are false. Jonathan is alive and well, despite ...

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FLOREANA ISLAND, Ecuador (AP) — Nearly 150 years after the last giant tortoises were removed from Floreana Island in Ecuador’s Galápagos archipelago, the species made a comeback Friday, when dozens of ...