Previously, there was another female giant Yangtze softshell turtle, in Suzhou Zoo, but it died in 2018 while breeding efforts were in progress. The staff had been unsuccessful in getting a pair ...

So ubiquitous was the turtle in historical times that children were asked to tread with caution while swimming, lest they be pulled down by the giant creature ... a male at Suzhou Zoo in China ...

Today's the big day! Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao are making their long-awaited public debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., ahead of ...