Goliath had been paired with several female tortoises before, in hopes of producing a hatchling, but the process wasn't ...

The oldest resident at a zoo in the US has celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father’s Day.Goliath, a 517lb (234kg) ...

A South Florida zoo’s oldest resident is celebrating his 135th birthday and his first Father’s Day. Officials at Zoo Miami ...

Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis spp ... island habitat—from dome-shaped shells in humid highlands to saddleback shells allowing greater neck extension in drier lowlands. These remarkable ...

The vast ocean holds many secrets, and among them are the ancient creatures that have silently traversed its depths for centuries. Among these fascinating beings, turtles have captured the imagination ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Zoo's Galapagos tortoise "Emerson" has died ... According to the zoo, he was intelligent and enjoyed neck scratches from keepers, basking in the sun and the "occasional ...

Four critically endangered tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo this week, just in time for a belated Earth Day celebration. Four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises ...

Three writers travelled to the Galapagos Islands to show us just what we stand to ... We follow Juan beyond mounds of green sea turtle eggs, freshly laid and buried in the sand, to a mangrove pond.

Bonnie Budd rubs the neck of Poppy, the Naples Zoo’s Galapagos tortoise, during its animal encounter program on Monday, April 7, 2025, in Naples. The Naples Zoo has developed an opportunity for ...

These giant tortoises are some of the most iconic creatures in the Galapagos. The islands’ name Watch This 106-Year-Old Galapagos Tortoise Enjoy a Special Spa Day ...

(My favorites were the adorably awkward waved albatrosses and the slow-and-steady giant tortoises.) If you’re a wildlife and ... A male frigatebird shows off his inflated red neck pouch to females ...