During that cleanup, park officials noticed something had changed across the more than 1,100-acre park – an exploding gopher tortoise population. Fort De Soto Park Manager, Dave Harshbarger ...

(WPHL) — For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise family. The zoo officially debuted four critically endangered ...

A tortoise missing for nine months has been found a mile from home to the delight of his baffled owner. Rachel Etches had owned Leonardo for 13 years when the beloved pet disappeared from the ...

Observer editor-in-chief and major shareholder James Harding set out his stall in the first issue under its new Tortoise ownership ... his commitment to the print edition by retaining all of ...

KOKOMO, Miss. (AP) — Myrtle, a cherished pet tortoise, has been reunited with its family in Mississippi weeks after disappearing during a deadly tornado outbreak in March. “He’s been ...

The oldest member at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens, the giant tortoise, who is around 153 years, will be among the animals selected for the traditional New Year oil anointing ceremony on ...

A pair of Galapagos tortoises are proving that it’s never too late to raise a family. The Philadelphia Zoo said it was “overjoyed” at the arrival of the four hatchlings, a first in its ...

At least 170 captive-bred giant tortoises were released onto a Galapagos island in Ecuador last month, according to the Galapagos National Park. The Chelonoidis vicina tortoises were bred and ...

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Tortoise Media has formally signed a deal to buy The Observer and appointed the newspaper’s next editor. Correction on Thursday 19 December: A Guardian Media Group clarification has now stated ...

Tortoise is buying the media business from Guardian Media Group and the Scott Trust. Acting editor Lucy Rock will become the newspaper’s editor of print and James Harding, co-founder of Tortoise, will ...