Aldabra’s outer shoreline, which borders the open ocean, changed at an average rate of 15 centimeters (6 inches) per year. The inner shore, which encircles the atoll’s central lagoon ...

The Ocean Quahog has turned heads with its astonishing lifespan. Found in the icy depths of the North Atlantic, these deep-sea clams live over 500 years. A particularly famous Ocean Quahog, aptly ...

Fossil evidence suggests that these reptiles once thrived on multiple land masses, but today, they are primarily found on the Galápagos and in the Aldabra Atoll of the Seychelles. Their wide-ranging ...

Tortoises were introduced to the island in the early 2000s from the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelles and, in 2021, 12 hatchlings were born on Necker – the first outside the species’ native homeland.

LUX* South Ari Atoll sits alone on Dhidhoofinolhu island, at the lowest end of the South Ari Atoll, spreading across two miles of powder-white beaches edged by turquoise waters and vibrant coral reefs ...

Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise, a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise, was born an estimated two years after Harriet. Following her death, he became the oldest known living land animal.