On New Year’s Day, Joe Hollins celebrates his ancient buddy, Jonathan the tortoise, the world’s oldest living land animal. Jonathan is now 191 years old - or so. “He could actually be older,” said ...

Age makes us all move a little slower, but the world’s oldest living land animal is at least used to the pace. The title is held by a Seychelles giant tortoise by the name of Jonathan, who just ...

Extinction was on the horizon for this Georgia species until wildlife organizations stepped in and saved the day.

For almost six years, a land tortoise named Boot — along with his two siblings, Scoot and Boogie, all rescues — has lived in a roomy, outdoor enclosure open to the sky, with a heated house for chilly ...

“It was just peaceful and quiet. We loved the area. My aunt actually lives right next door,” she says. “And it would be within the same school district that our kids are in now.” The plan was simple: ...