Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa) was born. Although his exact birthdate is unknown, ...

Did you know that many animals have much longer lifespans than humans? Greenland sharks, bowhead whales, koi, and red sea urchins may all live hundreds of years. A clam called the ocean quahog has ...

When the family evacuated, a Pasadena Humane officer helped them move their 28-year-old, 200-pound tortoise, Huckleberry, out of the house. San Dimas Sheriff's Station/Instagram Never miss a story ...

Alagba, Nigeria’s royal tortoise alleged to be the oldest in Africa ... rice and beans when it was alive. Alagba, which means elder in Yoruba land, was believed to have been brought to the ...

Flood waters a meter (3.2 feet) high engulfed the sanctuary, and the tortoises — many of them mere whippersnappers in the tortoise world at about 25-50 years old — were carried away.

That’s roughly 10 times as many as all the adult sea turtles of every species believed to be alive today. So many occupied the Cayman Islands in the 1700s that English settlers used them to ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

"Keep in mind that cold-stunned turtles can appear to be dead but often are still alive." Parts of Florida ... whale Feb. 14 (UPI) -- A 24-year-old kayaker in Chile was briefly swallowed, and ...

They hide in his garden, greet him on his porch and watch over him in his living room ... He has replica turtles in all shapes, sizes, colours and materials from clay and porcelain to silver ...

There's the executive in a U.S. supply-chain company whose voice breaks while facing the next round of calls telling ...

a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise, was born an estimated two years after Harriet. Following her death, he became the oldest known living land animal. The Guinness Book of World Records now ...