Johnathan, who is believed to have been born around 1832, earned the title of the world’s oldest living land animal in 2022 ...

The world's oldest land mammal, a 190-year-old giant Seychelles tortoise named Jonathan, is still living a shell of a life down on the British isle of Saint Helena -- a place he was photographed ...

Jonathan, a giant tortoise with an estimated age of at least 190 years, was officially declared the oldest chelonian ever by Guinness World Records.

Only one other Fernandina giant tortoise has ever been discovered by researchers. A male was found during a California Academy of Sciences expedition in 1906.

On Nov. 25, 2024, a Reddit user posted a photo purportedly showing a tortoise born in 1832 to the r/pics subreddit.At the time of this writing, the post had received around 155,000 upvotes and ...

A male gopher tortoise was admitted to the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) on Sunday, November 25. State officials believe it may be bigger than the current largest gopher ...

Albinism is rare among species, but for some it’s more likely than others. Tropiquarium, the Swiss zoo where the tortoise hatched, says that humans’ likelihood of being born with albinism is ...

A gopher tortoise admitted to the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) in Sanibel is likely the largest on state record, according to wildlife officials. The male Gopherus polyphemus ...