London — Britain's Devon and Cornwall police appealed for information from the public on Wednesday after seven giant tortoises were found dead in an English forest over the past two weeks. Police said ...

What is the Aldabra giant tortoise and why is it important? The Aldabra giant is the second-largest species of land tortoise in the world, after the Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra). It ...

Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s most impressive longevity experiments. Giant tortoises are redefining what ...

Behold Fernanda, who, through genetic sequencing, has been confirmed as the only known tortoise of her kind. The Fernandina Giant Tortoise (chelonoidis phantasticus) was — or, now, once again is — ...

Giant tortoises currently living on San Cristóbal of the Galápagos Archipelago may need a new scientific name, as researchers had mistakenly conflated them with an extinct tortoise species. In 1906, ...

This giant Galapagos tortoise is 106 years old—and one of his most favorite things in the world is getting a bath! He’s sitting outside as his caretaker is spraying him with the hose and brushing his ...

Researchers have captured the moment when a lifelong vegetarian broke rank to eat meat -- and what made it all the more "horrifying" was that it was a tortoise. Scientists captured the moment on video ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo is welcoming two of the world's largest tortoise species. The giant tortoise exhibit featuring Galapagos and Aldabra tortoises will open Memorial Day Weekend 2025. ...

A giant tortoise on Chumbe Island, off of East Africa. Credit: Getty images / stock Photo Biologists on Frégate Island, east of Africa, spotted a giant tortoise acting strangely in July 2020. They ...

TikTok has nothing on these researchers who captured on video for the first time a giant tortoise, long thought to be a vegetarian, grabbing a meaty snack. Giant tortoises are massive animals; males ...

Researchers filmed a giant tortoise stalking and killing a baby tern on an island in the Seychelles. The video is the first direct evidence of tortoises hunting. See more stories on Insider's business ...

The search is on for a mate for a giant tortoise thought to be extinct a century ago. Earlier this week, scientists at Yale University confirmed a giant female tortoise found in the Galapagos Islands ...