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Hebridean Spirit Follows the Sun South for the Winter  -  Aug 9, 2008
About - News & Issues,...the lemur conservation and breeding programs in Madagascar and the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, accompanied by marine

Lured into Aldabra's drowned forest  -  Apr 21, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,Conservation biologist and photographer Cheryl-Samantha Owen is working with the Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) on the Aldabra Atoll to document the

Paradise on earth  -  Mar 29, 2008
Newindpress on Sunday,These tortoises, an endangered species, are found in the wild in Seychelles only at the Aldabra Atoll, a UNESCO world heritage site, 1100 km from Mahe.

Zoo's Herbie the tortoise weighs almost 500 pounds  -  Oct 15, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,Aldabra tortoises are found on the Aldabra Atoll — an island located off the east side of Africa, north of Madagascar. Turtles spend most of their time in

Climate change claims a snail  -  Aug 12, 2007
Mongabay.comThe Aldabra banded snail (Rachistia aldabrae), a rare and poorly known species found only on Aldabra atoll in the Indian Ocean, has apparently gone extinct

Paradise doesn't get much better than this  Sep 1, 2006
The outer islands are made up of coral or volcanic rocks and include Aldabra Atoll, also a World Heritage Site, which is home to an abundance of underwater ... - Independent Online,
250-year-old tortoise dies Mar 24, 2006
Aldabra tortoises come from the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelle islands in the Indian Ocean, and often live to more than 100 years of age. ...
Columbus Dispatch,

'Clive of India's' tortoise dies Mar 24, 2006
Aldabra tortoises are found in the four-island Aldabra atoll of the Seychelles, a UN World Heritage Site that now has about 152,000 giant tortoises. ...
BBC News,

Giant Tortoise Outlasts Heirs, Dies At Age 250 Mar 24, 2006
Aldabra tortoises come from the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean. They often live more than 100 years. ...
Tampa Tribune,
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