Giant tortoise celebrates his 135th birthday - and first Father’s Day - at Miami Zoo - Miami Zoo said Goliath’s story was ‘an ...

A Galapagos tortoise named Goliath celebrated his 135th birthday on Father's Day. But reaching an impressive age isn't the ...

Runaway giant tortoise that stopped trains was looking for love when he went onto railway line, owner reveals. The giant tortoise, Clyde, escaped his enclosure at the weekend in search of love ...

Giant tortoise climbs over boulders surrounding enclosure and makes a (very slow) break for freedom after visitors return to Twycross Zoo The tortoise was filmed climbing out its pen in Little ...

SUAMICO (WLUK) -- Next year will mark 20 years of 'Al' and 'Tutti,' both Aldabra giant tortoises currently living at the NEW Zoo.Weather permitting, the tortoises will soon, ever so slowly, emerge ...

The giant sulcata tortoise can grow up to 30 inches in length and weigh over 100 pounds, according to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.Stitch was a little less than 80 pounds when adopted, Ms ...

How does a giant tortoise go missing? Goulart says that Mr. Mabel lives in a massive enclosure—he estimates that it’s about 50 by 60 feet—and that, on Saturday, after his wife had fed Mr ...

Don’t sleep on an ambitious giant tortoise. Abuh, a resident of Japan’s Shibukawa Zoological Park in Okayama Prefecture, is a 35-year-old specimen with a serious independent streak. She made a ...

A giant tortoise saw his friend struggling after falling onto his back, then determinedly flipped him back onto his feet. The sulcata named John had rolled onto its shell when another animal ...

Giant tortoise makes a break for it — and is captured three miles away. A giant tortoise made a (slow) run for it and was found trying to cross an interstate in Arizona.

Giant Galapagos tortoises at London Zoo have been treated to a housewarming party ahead of the public opening of their new habitat. Dolly, Polly and Priscilla munched on watermelon under a ...