A woman with a heart for animals started a wildlife education center with a few animal companions from college, a boa constrictor, a desert tortoise, an Amazon parrot and a chinchilla. Jackie Navarro ...

Despite claims of his death spreading on social media, the world's oldest known land animal, a giant tortoise named Jonathan, remained alive and well on Wednesday, April 1, the reptile's caretaker ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has published a new assessment that revises the gopher tortoise’s status from “vulnerable” to “critically endangered” on the IUCN Red List of ...

Many people are blessed to share their living and recreational spaces with a wide variety of nonhuman animals (animals). Common and attractive animals often are the ones who attract our attention.

They enthralled sailors. They inspired Darwin. Then, by the mid 19th-century, the iconic Floreana tortoise was gone. Here’s how a group of persistent scientists unlocked the secrets to bringing them ...

Slow but steady takes the spotlight as Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary opens Tortoise Bluff, a half-acre habitat built for 12 Sulcata tortoises in the sanctuary’s care. This content was contributed by a ...

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that Jonathan the tortoise had died. Despite claims of his death spreading on social media, the world's oldest known ...