Aldabra tortoises, native to the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, can live up to 150 years. Some believe their famously calm demeanor contributes to their longevity. The caregivers at ...

A crowd of turtle lovers gathered at South Padre Island Thursday morning to say farewell to over 130 Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle hatchlings. Sea ...

Turtles are once again in Mexico’s limelight, after authorities announced the rescue of 3,427 freshwater turtle hatchlings at ...

Giant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and ...

David Cameron Strachan is intersex, nonbinary, and at 6 feet, 10 inches, very tall. But there’s a fuller story connected to ...

Tony Saravo of Bellmore feels reptiles are grossly misunderstood. The 24 year-old owner of Uncle Tony’s Reptile Show has made ...

Arran Main-McKendrick lives on Richard Branson's private island in the Caribbean. He shares what it's like to work as a ...

The mother of the tortoise hatchling is also pushing record numbers, with an age between 85 and 100 years old. “Sweet Pea” ...

One Mammoth Monster earns the title of South Dakota's Record-Breaking Snapping Turtle. Snapping turtles are a type of ...

The species of Snapping Turtles found in South Dakota is the "common snapping turtle" (or known as Chelydra serpentina).

Goliath, a 517-pound Galapagos tortoise and the oldest animal at Zoo Miami, celebrated his 135th birthday and became a father for the first time, zoo officials announced in a post on Facebook.