a scientific expedition to the galapagos islands has discovered two species of the galapagos tortoisect. it's an exciting find for scientists who say one of the young female tortoises could be related to ‘lonesome george', a gentle giant who died almost eight years ago and was thought to be the last of his kind. freya cole reports. nestled into the crevices of wolf volcano, the highest peak of the galapagos islands, are 30 prehistoric giants. until this moment, scientists thought they ceased to exist. translation: 29 have genetic ancestry of the extinct floreana tortoise. and one female juvenile tortoise is of genetic ancestry of the extinct pinta tortoise. the last remaining pinta tortoise died eight years ago. his name was lonesome george. he was 100 years old and he didn't produce any offspring, although scientists tried for years. but this new discovery could help track down a direct descendant. scientists also hope to facilitate breeding of both the pinta and florea na tortoises to help grow numbers of the fragile species. translation: hopefully, in the very near future, we can b

a scientific expedition to the galapagos islands has discovered two species of the galapagos tortoisefind for scientists, who say one of the young females could be related to a tortoise called lonesome george, a gentle giant who died almost eight years ago and was thought to be the last of his kind. gail maclellan explains. nestled into the crevices of this volcano, the highest peak of the galapagos islands, are 30 prehistoric giants. until now, scientists thought they had become extinct. translation: 29 have genetic a ncestry of translation: 29 have genetic ancestry of the extinct tortoise and one femalejuvenile ancestry of the extinct tortoise and one female juvenile torches is a genetic ancestry of the extinct pinto torches. the last known pinto tortoise died eight years ago. his name was long—term george and he was 100 years old. he didn't produce any offspring although scientists had encouraged him for years. but this new discovery could help track down the direct descendant. scientists also hope to facilitate breeding of both tortoise to help grow numbers of the fragile species.

for the israeli security establishment tanya crammer reporting for us from jerusalem now the galapagos islands are known for their giant tortoises they even helped charles darwin develop his theory of evolution but their biology and human activity have made them quite vulnerable to extinction now a new find to help scientists bring to extinct a lot of those toward a species back to life conservation is say they've discovered 30 tortoises or partially related to the extinct species they hope their d.n.a. can be used in a breeding program to resurrect the species that have died out. to football now and byron munich have gone top of the bonus league table after a $31.00 win in mind the defending champions were 2 goals ahead inside the 1st 15 minutes. firing in their 2nd goal it was easy going for buyer. through the lines defense to make it 3 nil with less than half an hour gone the host pulled one back just before half time through jeremiah. and that was it for the scoring biron looked like they're back at the back at their best having won 6 league games in a row. leipzig slipped to 2nd place in

the galapagos islands are known for their giant tortoises reptiles even inspired charles darwin to develop his theory of evolution but human activity has left them critically endangered now scientists say they may have found a genetic way to bring to extinction species of galapagos tortoises back to life conservationists have discovered 30 of their partial descendants they hope to use the tortoises d.n.a. in a breeding program to revive the species that have died out. this is to give you news live from berlin up next his world stories now i'm max foster thanks for watching. i'm scared that. that's hard and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here in the woods into that. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers with clients. what's your story. 'd was women especially in victims of violence. take part and.

correspondent tony kramer reporting for us from jerusalem the galapagos islands are known for their giant tortoises the reptiles even inspired inspired charles darwin in his development of his theory of evolution but human activity has left them critically endangered now a new find could help scientists bring to extinct species of galapagos tortoises back to life conservationists say they've discovered 30 of their partial descendants they hope to use the tortoises d.n.a. in a breeding program to revive the species that have died out. let's go over to football now and. top of the. 31. the. first 15. in their 2nd. half an hour gone. before halftime. like they're back at their best. to 2nd place in the table despite a 2 all draw at home to fellow. the hosts were swept away in the 1st half before some tactical changes and a red card swung the game in their favor. has turned his side into an attacking force house in part by this pack marcus to ram and allison playa . play i was in the thick of things after just 5 minutes but. she was equal suppose his and oscar events efforts. the same were in

the galapagos islands are known for their giant tortoises reptiles even inspired charles darwin to develop his theory of evolution human activity has left them critically endangered now scientists say they may have found a genetic way to bring to an extinct species of the loch galapagos tortoises back to life on servatius have discovered 30 of their partial descendants and hope to use the tortoises d.n.a. in a breeding program to revive the species that have died out. this is the news from berlin up next our documentary series displaced looks at the plight of refugees fleeing the flex affects of climate change now i'm nick spicer thanks for watching. it's time to take one step further and face the council. on time to search the unknown and find for the truth. to overcome boundaries and connect the world it's time for empty dublin. coming up ahead.

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be extinct but 2 species of giant torches have been rediscovered by scientists on ecuador's galapagos islands in the pacific 29 of the florey on the tortoises were found there but the real excitement came with the discovery of a single. tortoise that was a relative of a tortoise who was called lonesome george he was believed to be the last of his kind and he died 8 years ago. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines a man in the philippines has become the 1st person to die from corona virus outside of china a 44 year old man was from the center of the illness and a woman who was with him also tested positive 304 people have now died in china and more than 14000 cases have been confirmed the philippines a new zealand of also joined the u.s. and australia in banning entry for foreigners who recently visited china and in hong kong the pressure is growing on the government to close its border with mainland china well from wayne hay reporting from hong kong there's going to be medical staff on duty because one of the unions has called for a strike so on monday around 3000 non-essential medic

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