The California zoo invited fans of the late Galápagos tortoise to enjoy one of her favorite snacks, a "generous, fruit-filled salad," in her honor San Diego Zoo/I/nstagram Gramma, the Galápagos ...

Age makes us all move a little slower, but the world’s oldest living land animal is at least used to the pace. The title is held by a Seychelles giant tortoise by the name of Jonathan, who just ...

For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise ...

Two gopher tortoises were spray painted with bright colors in Naples, Florida, causing a local conservancy to rush to their aid Conservancy of Southwest Florida An act of vandalism could have a ...

When it comes to tortoises, Mr. Drew says many people think they will be easy pets, because they don’t require much work. But ...

PHILADELPHIA — Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show off ...

Home to 120 animals representing 110 species, the zoo is one of two such collegiate facilities in the country.

Gramma, a Galapagos tortoise that was the oldest living animal at the San Diego Zoo, has died at an estimated 141 years of ...

She was believed to be around 141 years old when she was euthanized due to "ongoing bone conditions related to advanced age," the zoo said Known as "the Queen of the Zoo," Gramma was in the first ...