Beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died at about 141, the zoo says, adding that ...
After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise ...
The Mojave Desert Tortoise is a famous symbol of the American Southwest and one that faces something of a paradox – while the ...
Tortoises can live for more than 100 years in the wild and close to double that in captivity. This tortoise was born in her native habitat likely in the 1880s.
After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galpagos tortoise ...
A Jacksonville woman's quarter-sized tortoise grew into something unexpected: a conservation movement. Now she's using her ...
Supe Lillywhite got his first taste of bouldering as a teenager. The first challenge: Sentinel, an orange sandstone giant in Moe’s Valley. The roughly 16-foot tall boulder is one he and his friends ...
The Colossal Foundation announced a $500,000, five-year commitment to the Turner Endangered Species Fund to advance the ...
Kenya’s exquisite little pancake tortoise, locally known as kobe kama chapati, faces extinction due to habitat loss, land clearance for agriculture, poaching for the illegal pet trade and potential ...
Gramma arrived in San Diego between 1928–1931 as part of the first group of Galápagos tortoises to come to the zoo.