Utah’s Hogle Zoo welcomes deadliest cat on the planet, the black-footed cat Aldabra tortoises can reach sizes of up to 550 pounds and ages of up to 150 years old, according to the Smithsonian ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The first time a tortoise walked through my hut at Middle Camp on Aldabra Atoll, I was amazed. I grabbed my camera and ...

Cecily Tynan meets sloth bears, Nebula the chicken at Philadelphia Zoo Cecily Tynan feeds the Aldabra tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo Cecily Tynan meets sleepy reptile, feeds hippos at ...

There are more tortoises than humans on this UNESCO World Heritage Site – in fact, it’s home to the largest wild Aldabra giant tortoise population in the world Esmeralda is a rather remarkable ...

Jersey Zoo is partnering with local artists ... She said: "From the highly endangered ploughshare tortoise in Madagascar to the amazing Aldabra giant tortoises that we deploy on Round Island ...