Española Island got its 2,300 giant tortoises back from 15 founders, and the vegetation that grew over the bare rock while they were gone has cost an endangered albatross some of its nesting colonies

1.0The Pulsehttps://www.ecoportal.net/enHugo Rojashttps://www.ecoportal.net/en/author/hugo/Española Island got its 2,300 giant tortoises back from 15 founders, and the vegetation that grew over the bare rock while they were gone has cost an endangered albatross some of its nesting coloniesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MIIWwHgaI1"><a href="https://www.ecoportal.net/en/fifteen-founding-tortoises-espa-ola-island/34222/">Española Island got its 2,300 giant tortoises back from 15 founders, and the vegetation that grew over the bare rock while they were gone has cost an endangered albatross some of its nesting colonies</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ecoportal.net/en/fifteen-founding-tortoises-espa-ola-island/34222/embed/#?secret=MIIWwHgaI1" width="600" height="338" title="“Española Island got its 2,300 giant tortoises back from 15 founders, and the vegetation that grew over the bare rock while they were gone has cost an endangered albatross some of its nesting colonies” — The Pulse" data-secret="MIIWwHgaI1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ecoportal.net/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.ecoportal.net/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/fifteen-founding-tortoises-espa-ola-island-photo-768x432.jpg600338