After fleeing their home to escape a tornado, a Kokomo, Mississippi, family returned to find their beloved tortoise was ...

Even more remarkably, Mommy is the oldest first-time parent of her species, according to a press release from the zoo. Mommy ...

The first of the four hatchlings, all female, began to emerge from its white, hard-shelled egg on Feb. 27, the zoo said. The four hatchlings are part of a clutch of 16 eggs Mommy laid back in November ...

Proud parents Mommy and Abrazzo are both nearly 100 years old, but they’re contributing to Galápagos tortoise conservation at ...

In a shocking twist to its slow-and-steady image, a tortoise is caught hunting and eating a bird. This rare behavior challenges everything we thought we knew about these seemingly gentle reptiles.

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck ...

Eating too much food in one sitting can cause feelings of nausea. However, there are many other possible causes, such as an infection, an ulcer, pregnancy, bulimia, and medication use. Nausea ...

Cats are a lot friendlier than anti-cat propaganda gives them credit for. They're often said to be cold-blooded, interested in hunting prey and eating you if you perish and nothing else. That's all ...

Research has continuously found that a plant-heavy diet is best for your health, raising a lot of questions about the potential impact of switching from eating meat to just plants. But what ...

Eating when you’re hungry sounds so simple. After decades of dieting, it wasn’t for me. Health and wellness touch each of us differently. This is one person’s story. I’m a chronic dieter ...

St. Lucie County man is Florida's top tegu trapper. Tegus eat alligator eggs and juvenile gopher tortoises. St. Lucie County is home to an emerging and breeding population of invasive tegu lizards ...

Some 100,000 giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) range across Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0 https ...