Watch the Video Click here to watch on YouTube When Fray Tomás de Berlanga first landed on the Galapagos Islands in 1535, he ...

ANSONIA – Two tortoises found abandoned near Beaver Street last week are dead, Ansonia Animal Control Officer Jeanne ...

The tortoise is believed to be about 100 years old. It was taken by boat to the main Galapagos conservation center on Santa Cruz island. The animal “exceeds 100 years” in age and is “a very ...

Agents searched his Ohio apartment and found a cache of stolen books. McCarty-Thomas was charged in federal court. A judge called him a “young man (who) does not have insubstantial intelligence” ...

ANSONIA – Two tortoises were found abandoned near Beaver Street Thursday morning (March 6). The tortoises had frozen by the ...

One that I go to often is the age-old story of the tortoise and the hare. I’ve always loved this children’s tale, although I do find it riddled with peculiarities. For instance, would a hare ...

(Courtesy/Opportunity Village) Opportunity Village’s Tulip, who lives at the nonprofit’s Engelstad Campus at Buffalo Drive and Patrick Lane, is the youngest tortoise celebrity at 11 years old ...

The islands were named after the giant tortoises - "galapago" is old Spanish for "tortoise". Lonesome George was the last known Pinta Island tortoise, but many other 100-year-old tortoises survive ...

These giant tortoises are some of the most iconic creatures in the Galapagos. The islands’ name comes from an old Spanish word ‘galápago’, which refers to the saddle-like shape of the ...