E X X ➠A L E R T S(@ExxAlerts):ALERT: The once-endangered giant tortoise population is thriving, with a new survey finding 180,000 on an island in the Seychelles. The Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) and the University of Exeter conducted a new survey and found the slow-moving reptiles on Aldabra Atoll. The island was home to just 1,000 Aldabra tortoises after exploitation in the 19th century, before it became a nature reserve in 1981. Researchers are calling it the greatest conservation success in the history of the Indian Ocean.

2026.10.08 16:31

ALERT: The once-endangered giant tortoise population is thriving, with a new survey finding 180,000 on an island in the Seychelles. The Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) and the University of Exeter conducted a new survey and found the slow-moving reptiles on Aldabra Atoll. The island was home to just 1,000 Aldabra tortoises after exploitation in the 19th century, before it became a nature reserve in 1981. Researchers are calling it the greatest conservation success in the history of the Indian Ocean.