The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

Zookeepers and guests are mourning a beloved, sociable tortoise who lived for well over 100 years before dying at the St.

Experts they were at least “several decades” old when they came to the U.S. because Aldabra giant tortoises take that long to reach their full size. Thus, Othello was well over 100 years old ...

Othello the Aldabra giant tortoise, who was well over 100 years ... arrived in the United States in 1938, already full-grown adults, then came to the zoo in 2004. His exact age was unknown.

Zoo officials said in a Facebook post that Othello the Aldabra giant ... He and another tortoise, Ray, arrived in the United States in 1938, already full-grown adults, then came to the zoo in ...