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

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 ...

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 — ...

For a century, biologists have been intrigued by a species of Galápagos tortoise thought extinct. But a tortoise recently discovered on a volcanic island belonged to that species, a new paper says.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

On our third day in the Galápagos Islands, we traveled to the highlands for our first look at some of the most majestic creatures on the planet. Galápagos giant tortoises make their home half the year ...

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 ...

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 ...

It has been very spring-like this past week, which means that the forests and fields and ponds are waking up after winter. The ground is thawing. Animals and plants will begin to emerge from their ...