Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s ...

Gramma, a Galapagos tortoise that was the oldest living animal at the San Diego Zoo, has died. The zoo said Gramma had ongoing bone conditions and that caretakers had to make the difficult ...

Two World Wars, two pandemics and more than 20 U.S. presidents. That is a snippet of what Gramma, a 141-year-old Galapagos tortoise at the San Diego Zoo, experienced in her lifetime.

Jonathan the tortoise celebrated his 190th birthday as he extends his run as the longest-living land animal in the world. Jonathan first arrived in his current home of the island of Saint Helena in ...

“Goliath” hatched on the island of Santa Cruz in the Galapagos on June 15, 1890. He is now aged 135 (Instagram/@zoo Miami) A giant Galapagos tortoise has turned 135 – and he’s also just become a ...

One nearly century-old tortoise has been a fixture of the Philadelphia Zoo since 1932 — and now she’s living up to her name. Mommy, the estimated 97-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, ...

When Fray Tomás de Berlanga first landed on the Galapagos Islands in 1535, he wasn’t impressed by the dry, volcanic landscape. However, he certainly was shocked to see giant tortoises so enormous that ...

A pair of nearly 100-year-old tortoises have welcomed four baby hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo. "All are doing well, eating and behaving appropriately," a Philadelphia Zoo spokesperson told "Good ...