San Diego Zoo has announced the passing of Gramma, one of its most cherished residents, at an estimated age of 141 years. As reported by AP News, born in the Galápagos Islands, Gramma was initially ...

Across nearly a century and a half, a single Galápagos tortoise watched the world change around her, outlasting wars, cultural revolutions, and more than twenty occupants of the White House. Now ...

A few years ago, we added a tortoise to our legion of pets at home, and it's basically like having a tiny dinosaur as a roommate. There was a bit of a learning curve at first, as a family who had only ...

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