A woman with a heart for animals started a wildlife education center with a few animal companions from college, a boa ...

Born in the 1880s, Gramma the Galapagos tortoise lived through world wars and pandemics while becoming a symbol of ...

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 ...

If you remember the scene in The Shawshank Redemption where Andy digs a hole and escapes to freedom, then you know what happened to a 200-pound tortoise before he was picked up by Dallas Animal ...

On a gray December day in California, Amy Keeler pulled her Subaru up to a chain link-fenced patch of Joshua Tree dirt. “It’s literally just a flat piece of property with trash all over it,” Keeler ...

Slow and steady, Mr. Pickles. A tortoise in Texas has become a first-time dad at 90 years old, the Houston Zoo announced last week. Mr. Pickles is a radiated tortoise who is the oldest animal at the ...

When it comes to slow motion, some creatures have truly perfected the art of moving at a crawl. Among the top contenders are the three-toed sloth, the Galápagos tortoise, and the banana slug, each ...

A 100-year-old African tortoise named Biscuit has been reunited with his family after being rescued from a canal, according to the Parish of Ascension in Louisiana. A local animal control team rescued ...

DALLAS — A 200-pound missing tortoise was at the center of one of the strangest mysteries at Dallas Animal Services. On Sept. 19, DAS got the call that a 200-pound stray tortoise was found wandering ...

The California zoo invited fans of the late Galápagos tortoise to enjoy one of her favorite snacks, a "generous, fruit-filled salad," in her honor Gramma, the Galápagos tortoise, the oldest animal at ...