That means Jonathan will turn, at the very least, a whopping 193 years old later this year. During that time, the giant tortoise has lived through US presidents from Andrew Jackson all the way to ...

In this guide, we'll tell you everything you need to know about owning tortoises, including what they eat, what shelter they ...

Two years later, Pauline and her friend Sheila, eager to travel the world, got summer jobs as au pairs in Hope Ranch. She ...

his advice for a long life was simple but poetic: “Keep a quiet heart, sit like a tortoise, walk briskly like a pigeon, and sleep like a dog.” These words reflected Li’s belief in calmness, gentle ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

Following the party, Reptile Gardens, on social media, posted pictures of Orville wearing a party hat and wrote, "A HUGE ...

Gopher tortoises are long-lived, reaching up to 100 years of age in captivity and living 60 or more years in the wild. They weigh 8 to 15 pounds and measure 10 to 15 inches end to end when fully ...

Nature holds secrets to long life. Certain animals outlive humans by centuries. Rougheye rockfish lives over 200 years.

In Florida, a boom in new housing developments is intruding on the habitat of gopher tortoises, a 9- to 11-inch-long, 10-pound, 60 million-year-old species that has been federally protected since ...

A Florida family planned their dream home, until protected tortoises took over. Now, they're paying $1,300 in taxes for unusable land.