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 ...

A few years ago, we added a tortoise to our legion of pets at home, and it's basically like having a tiny dinosaur as a roommate. There was a bit of a learning curve at first, as a family who had only ...

Two World Wars, two pandemics and more than 20 U.S. presidents. That is a snippet of what Gramma, a 141-year-old Galapagos tortoise at the San Diego Zoo, experienced in her lifetime. But on Nov. 20, ...

(KSWB/KUSI) — Gramma, a Galapagos tortoise that was the oldest living animal at the San Diego Zoo, has died. The zoo said Gramma had ongoing bone conditions and that caretakers had to make the ...

Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise and the oldest animal at the San Diego Zoo, digs into a meal in October last year. - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance/AP After more than a century of munching on her ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego Zoo staff and animal lovers are reeling this week following the death of beloved Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, by far the zoo's oldest resident, in what has been a year marked ...

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.