The average human lifespan is just under 80 years, but some animals live much longer. Greenland sharks, bowhead whales, koi, ...

Residents can help turtles by safely assisting them across roads in the direction they are traveling and reporting sightings to MIHerpAtlas.org. Lovesick turtles are crossing Michigan's roads, and ...

"Much of this great recovery was thanks to the quick response by Jonathan and his parents." Quick-thinking 10-year-old boy ...

Fishermen in Chennai’s coastal communities have a sacred bond with Olive Ridley turtles, calling them "Kutty Amma Saami”.

Three new Galapagos tortoise babies join their four sisters, who hatched earlier this year and were named after the "Golden ...

"If that's the case, she's an anomaly." Onassis the giant South American river turtle is believed to be the oldest animal at the Milwaukee County Zoo. She is an Arrau turtle (Podocnemis expansa ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft that was meant to land on Venus in 1972 is plunging back to Earth. Marlon Sorge, an executive ...

Sideneck turtles don't retract their heads all the ... That is bone tissue visible through the shell due to damage caused by an old bacterial infection, Miller said. But you will see fewer of ...

Credit: Philadelphia Zoo According to the zoo, Mommy is also the oldest first-time mom of her species. The first baby tortoise hatched on Feb. 27, and the animal care team is still monitoring eggs ...

The world’s oldest Sunday newspaper was acquired this week by Tortoise Media, a six-year-old startup that hopes to reinvigorate the reportedly loss-making title. It will start by providing it ...

A tortoise who survived World War Two will be part of the Liberation Day celebrations in Guernsey, along with its owner.