BUFFALO, N.Y. — Galápagos giant tortoises can weigh well over 300 pounds and often live over 100 years. So what’s the secret to their evolutionary success? A new study concludes that compared with ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — While tortoises are turtles, not all turtles are tortoises. In this week’s Zoopalooza with Davis Nolan spent time at the Nashville Zoo with their giant tortoises. “I take ...

Researchers suggest that an earthquake spooked a mob of sea turtles gathered together in a prehistoric sea. By Carolyn Wilke Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise described by her care specialists as “the ...

A runaway tortoise was missing for 10 days, but it didn't get very far. The large tortoise escaped from his West Texas home last month and was found 10 days later only a mile and a half away on a ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Here’s something you might not know about tortoises: They have nerve endings in their shells, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — With warmer weather on the horizon, one of Zoo Knoxville's most iconic and beloved residents is moving back into the spotlight. Big Al, the giant Aldabra tortoise, will return to ...

Nobody ever said turtles worked quickly. Though it took him nearly a century, the 90-year-old radiated tortoise known as Mr. Pickles is finally a dad. The Houston Zoo announced on Thursday that he and ...

Fossil tortoise at the Central Natural Science Collections at MLU. Credit: Markus Scholz / MLU The evolution of giant tortoises might not be linked to islands, as has previously been thought. In a ...

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 Green sea turtles swim hundreds of miles to ...

Nobody ever said turtles worked quickly. Though it took him nearly a century, the 90-year-old radiated tortoise known as Mr. Pickles is finally a dad. The Houston Zoo announced on Thursday that he and ...