During that cleanup, park officials noticed something had changed across the more than 1,100-acre park – an exploding gopher tortoise population. Fort De Soto Park Manager, Dave Harshbarger ...

A Galapagos tortoise is proving that it’s never too late to become a mom, having her first baby at almost 100 years old.

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 ...

KOKOMO, Miss. (AP) — Myrtle, a cherished pet tortoise, has been reunited with its family in Mississippi weeks after disappearing during a deadly tornado outbreak in March. “He’s been through a lot,” ...

Female tortoises typically lay up to 20 billiard-ball-sized eggs at a time, according to the Philadelphia Zoo. The temperature during incubation determines the hatchlings' sex — eggs incubated at 82.4 ...

While it may seem like an impossible scenario to us humans, this is the reality for Mommy (female) and Abrazzo (male), two Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo. As of April 3, the zoo ...

Even so, his decision is the best-yet judicial guide to the debate about youth gender clinics. And it is devastating for the dominant “gender-affirming” model with its promotion of puberty ...

Female tortoises typically lay up to 20 billiard-ball-sized eggs at a time, according to the Philadelphia Zoo. The temperature during incubation determines the hatchlings' sex — eggs incubated ...