Galapagos Giant Tortoise

animals

Galapagos giant tortoises are the largest living tortoises and among the most long-lived vertebrates, with some individuals exceeding 150 years. Native only to the Galapagos Isl...

wildlife-conservation

An albino Galapagos giant tortoise lacks normal pigmentation in skin and shell due to reduced or absent melanin, resulting from specific genetic variants affecting melanin produ...