Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s ...

She was believed to be around 141 years old when she was euthanized due to "ongoing bone conditions related to advanced age," the zoo said Known as "the Queen of the Zoo," Gramma was in the first ...

Born in the 19th century, a Galapagos tortoise that had been loved for over a century at the San Diego Zoo in the United States has passed away at the age of 141. On November 25 (local time), the ...

The humble magazine cover still has the power to provoke conversation and enrage US Presidents. We pick our favourite ten ...

Fifty years. It might not be much for a tortoise or a bristlecone pine, but for a restaurant, it’s astounding.

No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and there were only 39 states at the time.

After the adoption of Carmen San Diego, a sulcata tortoise, the Cheyenne Animal Shelter has found homes for all 103 animals ...