Korat Zoo successfully hatched 11 Aldabra giant tortoise babies, becoming the first zoo in the country to breed the rare species.

Korat Zoo has welcomed the arrival of 11 hatchlings of the Aldabra giant tortoise , the first zoo in Thailand to successfully ...

Trapped in a warm enclosure without food and water, thousands of the young birds died before they were discovered and ...

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With this in mind, here are the slowest animals on earth. They can have dome or saddleback shells, depending on where these giant tortoises are born. Regarding speed, a giant Galapagos tortoise can ...

Tortoises are terrestrial herbivores that usually have heavy, domed protective shells and sturdy legs ... As the Galápagos Conservancy explains, the old Spanish word "galapagos" meant saddle and was ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Zoo's Galapagos tortoise "Emerson" has died, the zoo said in a social media post Friday morning. Emerson died peacefully Thursday, the zoo said, adding that Emerson had ...

Four critically endangered tortoise babies made their debut at the Philadelphia Zoo this week, just in time for a belated Earth Day celebration. Four Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises ...

After a 97-year-old Galápagos tortoise named Mommy gave birth, David Muir reports on the debut of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the mother tortoise and her babies that set a world record. The Western Santa Cruz Galapagos Tortoise made international headlines ...