Exhausted, confused and extremely frightened, Owen immediately ran to the safety of a giant tortoise when we released him in Haller Park.

NPR: A Hippo and Tortoise Tale

On the beach of an island in the Pacific, an island with black sand, hardened black lava, and nothing green growing but cactus, a British mariner with a knife in his hand was crouching before a giant tortoise.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Natives and Exotics'

GARCIA-NAVARRO: A giant Galapagos tortoise hisses as visitors get too close to it.

NPR: Common Intruders Threaten Galapagos Species

This includes the first dodo parts found in a marsh (a complete leg) and many extinct giant tortoise with beautifully preserved shells.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Dodo skeleton find in Mauritius