JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Prehensile-tailed skinks and Aldabra tortoises. If you’re unfamiliar with those animals, get ready for a quick lesson. RELATED: The Jacksonville Zoo has been a city staple for 100 ...

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 ...

Aldabra tortoises are one of the world’s largest land tortoises, weighing up to 550 pounds. Males are larger than females and have longer, thicker tails. Males can weigh up to 550 pounds and their ...

SAN ANTONIO – Aldabra tortoises — one of the largest tortoise species in the world — now call SeaWorld San Antonio home. SeaWorld San Antonio said Tuesday that the new exhibit, called Aldabra Island, ...

SeaWorld San Antonio announced late last week that it is opening a new attraction, Aldabra Island. The island will serve as a habitat for the Aldabra giant tortoise, one of the world’s largest land ...

The Tulsa Zoo is giving its male and female Aldabra tortoises a seasonal break from each other by moving the females behind the scenes. TULSA, Okla. - The Aldabra tortoise herd at the Tulsa Zoo is ...

Othello and his buddy Ray, who is still living at the Saint Louis Zoo, arrived in the United States as mature adults in 1938 – a whopping 87 years ago. Experts they were at least “several decades” old ...

STREAM IT RIGHT NOW ON OUR FREE, VERY LOCAL APP. NEW TONIGHT BLANK PARK ZOO HAS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE, THEY SAY. BARNABY, THE TORTOISE HAS ALMOST MADE A FULL RECOVERY IN NOVEMBER. ZOOKEEPERS NOTICED ...

Seven baby Aldabra tortoises are now on public display at the Tulsa Zoo, marking the first hatching of the species at the zoo in seven years. TULSA, Okla. - The Tulsa Zoo is displaying the seven ...

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. ...

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 Othello ...