Ray Swick holds Ivan, his pet Russian tortoise. Swick is trying to find a female mate for Ivan and can be reached at [email protected]. (Photo by Jess Mancini) PARKERSBURG — A Parkersburg man is ...

Zookeepers at the Philadelphia Zoo turned to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums S pecies Survival Plan, who will be matching “Mommy” with a 98-year-old mate, WPVI reported. “It’s sort of like Match ...

The oldest tortoise on earth will celebrate his 190th birthday in 2022 and the people who've taken care of him said, despite some of his health problems, he's doing "very well." Jonathan — a giant ...

Scientists have found a living relative of a species of tortoise long thought to have been extinct. It has raised hopes the species could be revived if researchers can find a mate for the animal—a ...

ATLANTA — (CNN) You may have heard of Diego the Galapagos tortoise by now — the legendary Casanova that did God’s work and single-handledly saved his species from extinction by fathering more than 800 ...

Oh baby! The Milwaukee County Zoo’s newest resident has just hatched — a critically endangered northern spider tortoise. The egg hatched on April 12, and it’s the first successful hatching for the zoo ...

Two tortoises have been blamed for starting a house fire. Henry the tortoise had just awoken from hibernation and decided to pursue his mate Alice. However, as Henry and Alice moved around their nest, ...

Zookeepers at the Philadelphia Zoo turned to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums S pecies Survival Plan, who will be matching “Mommy” with a 98-year-old mate, WPVI reported. “It’s sort of like Match ...