Fifty formerly captive Aldabra giant tortoises have been released onto an exclusive private island in the Seychelles. The ...

These massive, slow-moving creatures are famous for their size, longevity and role in shaping their ecosystems. They're living symbols of conservation and natural history. They survive extreme ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — It’s going to be a slow crawl to Memorial Day Weekend 2025 as two giants are coming to the Indianapolis Zoo. The zoo is celebrating Giant Tortoises joining their family. Two of ...

The San Diego Zoo's oldest resident, a Galapagos tortoise named Gramma, died Nov. 20. She was estimated to be 141 years old.

Several giant tortoises were found dead in Ashclyst Forest in Southwest England. What happened is anyone’s guess. By Claire Moses Reporting from London It wasn’t your usual crime scene. And they weren ...

In the following century, conservationists set out to restore the Galápagos giant tortoise on Española—and the island ecosystem. They began eradicating the introduced species, and capturing Española’s ...

A 120-year-old tortoise named Orville, along with five other giants, survived a devastating fire at Reptile Gardens in South Dakota on Friday. About ...

While the average lifespan of North America's largest and most rare tortoise species is unknown, biologists have said it could span upward of a century. So saving the endangered species is a long game ...

Tortoises are among the longest living creatures on the Earth, they have a slow and steady pace that often intrigues people ...