The average human lifespan hovers just under 80 years, which may seem like a long time—until you compare it to some of the champions of longevity in the animal kingdom. Certain species can outlive us ...

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 ...

Gramma the tortoise, the oldest living resident at the San Diego Zoo, died at the age of 141, according to the zoo.

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise ...

San Diego Zoo staff and animal lovers are reeling this week following the death of beloved Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, by ...