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

The arrival of their offspring bumped up the population of these Galapagos tortoises to a total of 48 in American facilities.

An endangered pancake tortoise that was discovered in Lewa wildlife ... The pancake species is among the six land tortoises mostly found in East Africa. Its population has also been recorded ...

The tortoises are part of a larger breeding program meant to stabilize the critically endangered species. Becoming a parent at the sprightly age of 100 isn’t for the faint of heart. While it may ...

An endangered tortoise named Mommy recently gave birth at nearly 100 years old. Sarah the matriarch did it first.

The births were a "first" in the zoo's 150-year history, and Mommy, who arrived in 1932, was the oldest known first-time ...

Chester Zoo’s largest-of-its-kind African savannah opens to visitors - The vast 22-acre habitat has become home to 57 species ...

Western Santa Cruz tortoises in particular are critically endangered—making the arrival of these hatchlings all the more important. It’s been a long journey for Mommy to reach motherhood, ...

Both tortoises belong to a species listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Members of the species can live up to 200 years. “This is a ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the Western Santa Cruz tortoises as critically endangered, ...

The arrival of their offspring bumped up the population of these Galapagos tortoises to a total of 48 in American facilities. Elderly Galapagos tortoise welcomes four critically endangered ...