They Almost Vanished. Now 183,000 Giant Tortoises Rule This Remote Paradise

Once pushed to the brink, giant tortoises on a Seychelles atoll now outnumber the country’s people, with a new survey estimating nearly 183,000 animals. Aldabra Atoll, home to the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population, supports an estimated 180,000 animals, according to research led by the Seychelles Islands Foundation (SIF) and the University of Exeter. [...]