Zoo Miami's oldest animal, a 135-year-old Galapagos tortoise named Goliath, has become a father for the first time, marking a ...

This Father's Day was historical at the Miami Zoo, as its oldest animal celebrated his 135th birthday with a perfect gift. His name is Goliath, a Galapagos tortoise that weighs 517 ...

Far removed in scale from the pet turtle species people keep, one remarkable Galápagos giant tortoise (chelonoidis nigra) secured a spot in the "Guinness Book of World Records" for size.

These massive, slow-moving creatures are famous for their size, longevity and role ... The most famous are the Galapagos giant tortoises, found on the Galapagos Islands, which include subspecies ...

It is believed that there are at least 15 different species of Galapagos giant tortoise. Three are already ... efforts to control them, since the size of the islands makes total eradication ...

At least 170 captive-bred giant tortoises were released onto a Galapagos island in Ecuador ... had to reach a weight of 2kg and a size of 30cm before being released and underwent quarantine ...

“They are about the size ... tortoises are considered critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Before the new arrivals, there were only 44 Western Santa Cruz ...

Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo ... with the zoo’s conservation education team to study the giant tortoises and create an ethogram of Abrazzo’s behaviors to see ...

Female tortoises typically lay 2-20 eggs about the size of billiard balls ... Mommy and Abrazzo also live with a third Galapagos tortoise, Little Girl, and two giant Aldabra tortoises, Wilma ...