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

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

One Galápagos tortoise lived 141 years, turning quiet meals and slow steps into a legacy of care, memory, and conservation ...

A giant Galapagos tortoise has turned 135 – and he’s also just become a father for the first time, says Miami Zoo officials. Despite multiple breeding attempts throughout his lifetime, Goliath never ...

Section I. Overview -- The Galapagos : island home of giant tortoises / Jack Frazier -- Galapagos tortoises : protagonists in the spectacle of life on Earth / Jack Frazier -- Section II. History of ...

Seychelles and Galápagos islands are all we have left. But how did these big reptiles get to the islands in the first place? And why is turtle anatomy so weird? Would you like your own giant tortoise ...

The Galapagos Island tortoises are famous throughout the world. These giants from a bygone age are unique and found nowhere else on Earth. The western Santa Cruz giant tortoise is a subspecies of ...

Goliath the tortoise had a big shellebration Sunday as he marked his first Father's Day. He also turned 135 at Zoo Miami. His hatchling was born on June 4 after incubating for about four months, ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- Conservationists working around the largest volcano on the Galapagos Islands say they have found 30 hybrid giant tortoises partially descended from two extinct species, ...