Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. She moved slowly, as if time were something best savored. Visitors ...

LOS ANGELES -- 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, an estimated 141-year-old Galápagos tortoise, died Thursday at the San Diego Zoo, ending a near century-long chapter of what the zoo said was quiet, yet constant ambassadorship to generations ...

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Florida is home to plenty of species that need no introduction: alligators, crocodiles, panthers, or manatees. However, a silent sentinel lies within burrows of Florida's grounds. The gopher tortoise ...

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Tortoise have announced Touch, their first album in nine years, which will be out October 24 on physical formats and streaming on November 11 via International Anthem / Nonesuch. Dan Bitney, John ...

Mr. Potato Head, the El Paso Zoo's oldest resident, has revitalized digs, where he can roam on fresh grass, take a muddy dip in a wallow or stroll into his re-roofed barn to cool down on a straw bed.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (Tortoise Capital), a fund manager focused on energy investing, today unveiled the latest addition to its growing lineup of ...

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Crush, a 50-year-old African spurred tortoise, was found safe after going missing for several days in Cape Coral, Florida. The 55-pound tortoise was discovered just three houses away from his owner, ...