Tortoises Make a (Slow) Comeback

Close Read Passage, 169 words, Informational (nonfiction), Sequence, Level U (Grade 4), Lexile

Researchers on a remote Galapagos Island have found the first giant tortoise hatchlings in over a century. Find out what happened to the tortoises and how people have helped the population grow.

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