Scientists have discovered that a giant tortoise on one of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands is really a new species that had been misidentified earlier. Ecuador’s Galapagos National Park announced the findings from a recent study. Researchers from Newcastle University in England, Yale University in the United States, and the Galapagos Conservancy, an American non-profit group, carried out the study. The researchers said the giant tortoises living on San Cristbal Island had been identified with the scientific name of Chelonoidis chathamensis. But the researchers now recognize them as genetically different species, the park said in a statement. "The scientists concluded that nearly 8,000 tortoises which exist today on San Cristobal are not Chelonoidis chathamensis," park officials said. They added that the tortoises appear to be a completely new lineage that has yet to be described. Researchers made the discovery through a genetic comparison of the animals with a sample from the already described species.
Title: Scientists Report New Tortoise Species on Galapagos Islands
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Scientists Report New Tortoise Species on Galapagos Islands' data-article-id='6054'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='15521'>Scientists have discovered that a giant tortoise on one of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands is really a new species that had been misidentified earlier.</span> <span data-start-time='15521' data-end-time='23479'>Ecuador’s Galapagos National Park announced the findings from a recent study. </span> <span data-start-time='23479' data-end-time='40063'>Researchers from Newcastle University in England, Yale University in the United States, and the Galapagos Conservancy, an American non-profit group, carried out the study.</span> <span data-start-time='40063' data-end-time='56063'>The researchers said the giant tortoises living on San Cristbal Island had been identified with the scientific name of Chelonoidis chathamensis. </span> <span data-start-time='56063' data-end-time='65708'>But the researchers now recognize them as genetically different species, the park said in a statement.</span> <span data-start-time='65708' data-end-time='82333'>"The scientists concluded that nearly 8,000 tortoises which exist today on San Cristobal are not Chelonoidis chathamensis," park officials said. </span> <span data-start-time='82333' data-end-time='92146'>They added that the tortoises appear to be a completely new lineage that has yet to be described.</span> <span data-start-time='92146' data-end-time='104583'>Researchers made the discovery through a genetic comparison of the animals with a sample from the already described species.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/A.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=18464 data-hint-location='82333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/what_is_a_definition_of_the_term_lineage.wav'>What is a definition of the term lineage?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the line of ancestors of a living thing'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/the_line_of_ancestors_of_a_living_thing.wav'><span>the line of ancestors of a living thing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/personal_belongings_packed_in_suitcases_for_traveling.wav'><span>personal belongings packed in suitcases for traveling</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/a_group_of_people_including_a_suspect_for_a_crime_assembled_for_the_purpose_of_having_an_eyewitness_identify_the_suspect_from_among_them.wav'><span>a group of people including a suspect for a crime assembled for the purpose of having an eyewitness identify the suspect from among them</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/the_hard_protective_outer_case_of_a_mollusk_or_crustacean.wav'><span>the hard protective outer case of a mollusk or crustacean</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=18465 data-hint-location='15521' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/which_country_are_the_galapagos_islands_a_part_of.wav'>Which country are the Galapagos Islands a part of?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Ecuador'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/ecuador.wav'><span>Ecuador</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/peru.wav'><span>Peru</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/brazil.wav'><span>Brazil</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/belize.wav'><span>Belize</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18466 data-hint-location='56063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/but_the_researchers_now_recognize_them_as_genetically_different_species_the_park_said_in_a__blank_.wav'>But the researchers now recognize them as genetically different species, the park said in a <span class='blank'>statement</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='statement'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/statement.wav'><span>statement</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/dance.wav'><span>dance</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/sandpaper.wav'><span>sandpaper</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/startled.wav'><span>startled</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
Sound Name: https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5464/A.wav
Preview
