This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The first time a tortoise walked through my hut at Middle Camp on Aldabra Atoll, I was amazed. I grabbed my camera and ...

Steven Sekrecki responded to the July 30 call and saw the tortoise’s name written on its shell. He told The Washington ...

Two rare Aldabra giant tortoises ... They can also squeeze into life-size tortoise shell models and see the world from a giant tortoise’s perspective. Finally, a model termite mound, equipped ...

They are the third largest species of tortoise in the world, after the Galapagos tortoise and the Aldabra giant tortoise ... due to their large shell and average weight, which is around 80kg ...

There are more tortoises than humans on this UNESCO World Heritage Site – in fact, it’s home to the largest wild Aldabra giant tortoise population in the world Esmeralda is a rather remarkable ...

Among the 40 or so other tortoises is a Aldabra giant tortoise. Some have shells a full 130 centimeters in length. The back of a small truck full of vegetables and fruits provides one day's worth ...