The beloved Galapagos tortoise named Gramma that was the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo at an estimated 141 years has ...

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.

In October, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at California’s Otay Mesa border crossing noticed an odd bulge inside a man’s pants. Jesse Agus Martinez, a U.S. citizen who lives in Tijuana, ...

A baby sulcata tortoise is safely back at Ethan’s Exotic Pets & Aquatics in Greenwood after police recovered him from what ...

This video follows the tense excavation of baby tortoise eggs buried beneath debris after a powerful storm. Viewers watch as rescuers carefully dig through soaked soil and collapsed ground to locate ...

Gramma the tortoise, believed to be 141 years old and the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, was euthanized after suffering from progressive bone deterioration because of her age.

The tiny Mojave Desert outpost of Amboy has seen a lot of change over the past 50 years or so. First, Route 66 was bypassed by Interstate 40, directing travelers ...

A Jacksonville woman's quarter-sized tortoise grew into something unexpected: a conservation movement. Now she's using her ...

This video captures a tense rescue as baby tortoises are discovered trapped beneath packed earth. Viewers watch rescuers carve through soil and tangled roots in a race against time. The footage ...

When then 3-year-old Kristi Balserak acquired Speedy the tortoise, she was likely about 60 years Balserak's senior and had just been mauled by a dog. But Balserak loved the reptile. She patted her ...