The Lonesome George room is in Puerto Ayora, the city where about 13,000 Galapagueños live. The Galápagos National Park ...

We are collaborating with other now to create software aimed to tortoises species through the pa In the long term, the database will help to track and to get exact information abo ...

Snakes aren’t the only animals that hiss; certain tortoises do, too. If something startles or provokes a sulcata tortoise, it ...

"The three designs are based off of photos taken of the baby tortoises and Mommy." The slogans include "Live Long and Grow a Thick Shell," "Never Too Late," "Saving Species Since 1859." Here's how ...

"The three designs are based off of photos taken of the baby tortoises and Mommy." The slogans include "Live Long and Grow a Thick Shell," "Never Too Late," "Saving Species Since 1859." Here's how ...

A Galapagos tortoise is proving that it’s never too late to become a mom, having her first baby at almost 100 years old.

Mommy, a western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis niger porteri), made international headlines earlier this month for becoming the oldest first-time mom of her species. Mommy's exact ...

A variety of tortoise species were seen, including the Hermann's, spur-thighed, red-footed, Horsfields, leopard, marginated, and Sulcata (or African spurred) and there was also a red-eared terrapin ...

The Zoo welcomed three new additions to its animal family this week after a group of male Western Santa Cruz Galapagos ...

A zoo press release sent via email proudly announced that three more critically endangered Galapagos tortoises — all male — ...

The Philadelphia Zoo continues to make history: three more critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises have hatched at the Zoo. Courtesy: Philadelphia ...

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said the National Recovery and Conservation Action Plan (2025-2035) is designed to protect the pancake tortoise, or Malacochersus tornieri, which is endemic to arid ...