For the past 50 years, the Galapagos Islands have been at the heart of a restoration and conservation program.

In the heart of the African wilderness, lions reign as apex predators—powerful, social, and finely tuned for stalking large ...

Turtles usually live 20 to 40 years, though some may live longer. Tortoises can live a very long life many reach 80 to 150 years or more. The largest turtle, the Leatherback, can weigh up to 700 kg.

Mitch Loflin, a set decoration coordinator who grew up in North Carolina, said he used a portion of the prize money to buy ...

World Turtle Day reminds us that these 200-million-year-old survivors face modern threats like plastic pollution and habitat ...

The best way to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day is to ensure there are more gopher tortoises across their natural range in the ...

The weather is warmer, and it is now getting into that time of year where you might see some more turtles or tortoises ...

Three new Galapagos tortoise babies join their four sisters, who hatched earlier this year and were named after the "Golden Girls." ...

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And tortoises can carry seeds a long distance—helping plants expand their range. Unlike the fruit-eating blue pigeons, which pass seeds in as few as 15 minutes, tortoises take three weeks or ...

"eating and growing appropriately." Mommy is considered one of the most genetically valuable Galapagos tortoises in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan, the zoo said in an ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia ... the Reptile and Amphibian House for now, “eating and growing appropriately,” the zoo said.