The world used to be full of giant tortoises, and the ones that live on the Seychelles and Galápagos islands are all we have left. But how did these big reptiles get to the islands in the first place?

Thousands of sea turtles come ashore in Odisha every year in a mass turtle nesting event. Learn what it is and why its ...

Born in the 1880s, Gramma the Galapagos tortoise lived through world wars and pandemics while becoming a symbol of ...

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...

At the northern boundry of Anuradhapura, where the Malwathu Oya curves through scrubland and forest and the wilderness of ...

Pali stanza often recited at times of death. “Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honour of the ...

Discover the world’s oldest turtles, from Jonathan to Alagba, whose lifespans span centuries. Learn the science behind their ...

What are some of the species we’re seeing in the illegal wildlife trade today? And what are we doing to combat it?

The story of Rockalina the turtle — who was rescued after nearly a half-century of neglect — now has a new character. Enter an Oreo-sized baby turtle, who will be Rockalina's new friend and who ...

Gramma's 138th birthday was celebrated at the San Diego Zoo in 2022. (San Diego Zoo/YouTube | Screenshot by NPR) No one knows exactly when Gramma the Galápagos tortoise was born on that volcanic chain ...

Gramma passed away on Nov. 20, according to the San Diego Zoo. Two World Wars, two pandemics and more than 20 U.S. presidents. That is a snippet of what Gramma, a 141-year-old Galapagos tortoise at ...

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died. Gramma was born ...