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Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant

By Kate Messner
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Publisher Lerner Imprint Millbrook Press ISBN

9781541596115

Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant

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Galápagos giant tortoises are fascinating—and endangered. They live only on the Galápagos Islands, a chain of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ecuador. These tortoises face threats from the humans who live on—and visit—the islands, as well as from Earth's warming climate.



Join author Kate Messner on an a journey to the Galápagos Islands to see these incredible creatures up close and discover how cutting-edge technology is helping scientists to study and protect them.

Author’s note. Galápagos tortoise time line. Glossary. Source notes. Bibliography. Suggestions for further reading. Index. Full-color maps, diagrams, illustrations, and photographs. 
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