Once known as 'Hoover chickens,' the long-lived gopher tortoises are now at the center of a growing conservation battle.

In what University of Cambridge scientists hope could lead to a "blueprint" for understanding ageing, the world’s oldest living land animal has been found to have a genetic advantage that limits DNA ...

Jonathan, an Aldabra giant tortoise, is about 194 years old and the oldest land animal alive today. Discoveries about his genetics could provide clues to extending lifespan in humans ...

A male Russian tortoise begins his courtship with enthusiastic head-bobbing and persistent movements around the enclosure, seemingly eager to mate. However, his efforts fail to make progress, and he ...

A new look at the genes of Jonathan, who is considered to be the world’s oldest known land animal, reveals interesting ...

The state-designated threatened gopher tortoise may be in more trouble than previously thought with the International Union ...

The world's oldest-known terrestrial animal — an Aldabra giant tortoise named Jonathan, estimated to be about 194 years old — ...

If you are returning a tortoise to the wild, it should be fine as long as it is a place where the same species lives.You ...

He’s way over the hill and still going because of incredible genes. But what’s his skincare routine?

Weighing around 55 pounds and just 11 years old, Sherman the sulcata tortoise is drawing delight and fame everywhere he goes.

A Colorado sheriff's office released video from a pursuit involving a nearly 100-pound Salucata tortoise that attempted the "world's slowest escape." ...