A Mississippi utility becomes an accidental steward of a threatened population of gopher tortoises. Wes Graham holds up his hand like a sergeant halting his squad. “See him? There he is,” he said. The ...

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A South Florida zoo’s oldest resident is celebrating his 135th birthday and his first Father’s Day. Officials at Zoo Miami ...

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Goliath, a 517-pound Galapagos tortoise and the oldest animal at Zoo Miami, celebrated his 135th birthday and became a father for the first time, zoo officials announced in a post on Facebook.

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Goliath became a father for the first time on June 4, when one of the eight eggs of his mate, Sweet Pea, hatched, Zoo Miami ...

Authorities in a South Carolina coastal town were surprised to discover a shelled creature found wandering through a neighborhood was a non-native tortoise.