What the shell?

It seems a species of giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands that was considered extinct over a century ago is still kicking, the nonprofit Galapagos Conservancy said in a press release published Tuesday.

The turtle was found in 2019 on Fernandina Island during a joint expedition between the Galapagos National Park and the Galapagos Conservancy. Scientists at Yale University have now confirmed that the reptile, dubbed Fern, is a Fernandina giant tortoise, or Chelonoidis phantasticus a species last reported 112 years ago and long considered lost forever, the press release said.