Jonathan the world's oldest tortoise lives a peaceful life on the tropical island of St. Helena with three other giant tortoises.

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WWSB) - Move over Ninja Turtles--there’s a new tortoise in town. Actually, Ninja is old--it takes years for a tortoise to get his size. Jonathan Rodriguez has had him for five years, ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. — A community wide search in North Port led to the safe return of a missing African spurred tortoise named Ninja, who escaped his outdoor enclosure on Sunday.

Discover delightfully unusual museums in Singapore, from Peranakan treasures and reptile wonders to nostalgic toy collections ...

For decades, scientists have wondered about what happens during the so-called lost years between when tiny hatchlings leave ...

A turtle living near the New York Giants stadium appears to be rooting against her hometown team's biggest rival in the Super Bowl. Thelma, a river turtle at SEA LIFE Aquarium New Jersey, made her ...

Crush was right – many turtles and tortoises can live to be well over 150 years old ... One more reason might be the shell. Studies have shown that cold-blooded animals with shells or other physical ...

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 ...

This dessert is moulded like tortoise shells because the Chinese believe that tortoises have a long life span and this treat will bring longevity. Traditional wooden moulds would have the Chinese ...

The most critically endangered reptiles are the turtles, with more than 60% of ... vibrant yellow lines emerging from the plates on its shell, almost mimicking radiation emissions, thus giving the ...