Registration is now open for ZooCamp, the Akron Zoo’s summer camp. Full-day camps are available for kids, ages 6-8 and 9-12. Half-day camps are also available for teens, ages 13-16 and families. This ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police say officers launched an investigation Sunday after one person was shot and another was hurt at a local restaurant. According to police, the men showed up to ...

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police are looking for the gunman who opened fire inside a crowded bar early Monday, injuring three people. According to police, the shooting happened around 2 a ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — Since the launch of a rocket in 2021 called Emergence 1, the University of Akron’s rocket design team has had one goal: to reach the very edge of space. Every generation of ...

Now even exotic animals are being left behind and recently, two tortoises were discovered in ... not survive after being taken to the Beardsley Zoo. They are more tropical animals and aren't ...

The tortoises had frozen by the time they were found, according to Animal Control Officer Jeanne Roslonowski. She took them to Ansonia Westfield Veterinary Hospital, and then to Beardsley Zoo in ...

To-go orders are available. Cameron Park Zoo, 1701 N. Fourth St., will hold a Shell-a-bration event spotlighting tortoises and turtles from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Giant tortoise feedings will ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – An underground explosion in downtown Akron on Tuesday caused windows in a nearby Mexican restaurant to break, according to fire officials. The explosion was reported at about ...

A zoo in Leeds has welcomed five giant tortoises after they outgrew their previous home. The group of sulcata tortoises, also known as African spurred tortoises, has moved from the Blue Planet ...

Goober is an Aldabra tortoise, which is the second largest species of tortoise in the world and are typically found on the Aldabra Island off the coast of Africa.

On average, a Galapagos tortoise grows to about 5 feet long, but the largest recorded was nearly 6 feet. Female tortoises are quite impressive, weighing in at around 250 pounds.