Turtles could hold the key to finding a cure for cancer, researchers have found. Creatures that are both large and long-lived ...

Here are the ins and outs of visiting the action-packed Galápagos Islands on a group-travel itinerary, according to one mom who just got back.

The birth of tortoises native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos increases their U.S. population from 44 to 48. A few thousand remain globally, according to estimates by experts.

Zoo Miami’s 135-year-old tortoise celebrates first Father’s Day as a new dad 00:35. Zoo Miami's oldest animal, a 517-pound Galapagos tortoise named Goliath, is celebrating an extraordinary ...

An Ecuadorian fossil hints that the giant tortoises of the Galapagos were already colossal when they arrived in the islands 1. The ancestors of the Galapagos Islands’ famous tortoises ...

Two of the Philadelphia Zoo's oldest residents are new parents 00:50. A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time ...

Its Galapagos tortoise, named Goliath, is now believed to be 135 years old. He recently became a father for the first time when one of the eggs laid by his mate, Sweet Pea, hatched.

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at ...

Congratulations are in order for Mommy, a Galápagos tortoise and a longtime resident of the Philadelphia Zoo, who recently became a first-time mother at the estimated age of 100.

One of the oldest fathers in history is turning 135 on Father’s Day. That’s Goliath, Zoo Miami’s Galapagos tortoise. He and his mate, Sweet Pea, welcomed a hatchling earlier this month ...

It's the first time in the history of the zoo that a Galapagos turtle has hatched. A 134-year-old tortoise in Miami becomes a a dad for the first time before Father's Day Instagram.