The islands and atolls of the western Indian Ocean once teemed with giant tortoises that weighed as much as 600 pounds and ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presents President Donald Trump with a gilded gift—a framed copy of Trump’s grandfather’s birth certificate. Merz says with Trump's German provenance, there is "a very ...

Grandmother Jackie Leek has struck up a remarkable bond with a giant tortoise which she takes everywhere with her – including down the pub. Jackie, 58, first bought the African sulcata tortoise ...

But it’s hard to blame the dangerous dawdler: a giant tortoise. Stitch, a sulcata tortoise, had escaped from a nearby attraction. He wandered three miles before a driver called police to report ...

The fenced-in area, with a portion of it open air and another area covered, is located near the flamingo enclosure near the middle of the zoo. There, people will get to interact with the five Aldabra ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

Galapagos tortoises are being threatened by an invasive tree species. Read how maintaining tortoise highways may be the best ...

For the past 50 years, the Galapagos Islands have been at the heart of a restoration and conservation program.

In the late 19th century, whalers, settlers, and pirates changed the ecology of the Galapagos Islands by poaching some native species—like Galapagos giant tortoises—and introducing others ...

Arizona state troopers rescued Stitch, the giant sulcata tortoise, from an interstate highway after it escaped from its enclosure at a ranch. By Sara Ruberg On an interstate highway between ...

Turtles are among the longest-living animals on Earth, and some species go much beyond the average lifespans. While most turtles live between 10 to 80 years, certain land tortoises and sea turtles are ...

The giant tortoise is one of the largest tortoise species in the world, with individuals weighing up to 900 pounds and measuring over 5 feet in length. Their thick, dome-shaped shells act as ...