In October, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at California’s Otay Mesa border crossing noticed an odd bulge ...

Gramma, the beloved Galápagos tortoise and the San Diego Zoo’s oldest resident, has died at an estimated age of 141. Known ...

Gramma, a member of the first batch of Galápagos tortoises to arrive at the San Diego Zoo, died last week.

Reptiles are more loved than ever. But as Goose and Charles show, true love means respecting restrictions on ownership, and ...

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galpagos tortoise ...

Tortoises can live for more than 100 years in the wild and close to double that in captivity. This tortoise was born in her native habitat likely in the 1880s.

When it comes to pets, it’s probably safe to say that birds are the most musical. While all kinds of animals have been shown ...