He died on June 24, 2012. putneymark, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Pinta Island tortoise, also called the Pinta giant tortoise or Abingdon Island tortoise, is a Galápagos tortoise species ...

The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

At least 170 captive-bred giant tortoises were released onto a Galapagos island in Ecuador last month, according to the Galapagos National Park. The Chelonoidis vicina tortoises were bred and ...

An endangered giant tortoise has become the oldest first-time mom of her species after having her first babies at around 100 years old. Philadelphia Zoo recently hatched eggs laid by an elderly ...

ST. LOUIS (Gray News) – The Saint Louis Zoo is mourning the death of one of its oldest residents – an Aldabra giant tortoise that was well over 100 years old. The zoo said the tortoise named ...

At least 170 captive-bred giant tortoises were released into a Galapagos island in Ecuador in late March, according to a statement from the Galapagos National Park on Thursday (April 2).