NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Scientists say genetic analysis shows a species of Galapagos tortoise thought extinct for 150 years may be living on one of the archipelago's islands.
Researchers at Yale University said the analysis suggests direct descendants of Chelonoidis elephantopus may be living on the volcanic slopes of Isabela Island, 200 miles from their ancestral home of Floreana Island, where they seemed to disappear after being hunted by whalers in the 19th century.