Alagba, Nigeria’s royal tortoise alleged to be the oldest in Africa, lived to the estimated age of 344 before its death on October 3, 2019. Considered a historical figure, Alagba lived in the ...

Over 20,000 tortoises have been rescued from illegal wildlife poaching by the U.S.-based nongovernmental organization Turtle Survival Alliance. The TSA's Androy Tortoise Conservation Center, based in ...

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Rapper DJ Unk, who is best known for his 2006 hit song “Walk It Out,” has died at 43 years old, his wife, Sherkita Long-Platt, announced on Friday. “Please respect me and my family.

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month ...

We received 668 entries in this week’s Cartoon Caption Contest. At first the punchlines started as a little flurry, then they came in fast and heavy, and by the time it ended we were digging ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their ...