Jonathan the tortoise has lived on one of the most remote islands in the world for 140 years. He has become something of a media star recently, as he just got a lofty distinction: the oldest living ...

The remains of a land tortoise with an egg inside and dating back to some 2000 years ago was found during excavations in Pompeii. According to a news release by REUTERS and social media posts by the ...

On New Year’s Day, Joe Hollins celebrates his ancient buddy, Jonathan the tortoise, the world’s oldest living land animal. Jonathan is now 191 years old - or so. “He could actually be older,” said ...

190 is an aspirational age. For any living thing on land, it turns out. Because 190 is the age of the current oldest living land animal. Jonathan, a giant tortoise. And a King. Who happens to be ...

For almost six years, a land tortoise named Boot — along with his two siblings, Scoot and Boogie, all rescues — has lived in a roomy, outdoor enclosure open to the sky, with a heated house for chilly ...

This is a story of love, hope, and an exuberant land tortoise named Macho. In early October, Macho and his family were en route to their farm in Texas and had pulled off I-95 to “clean up a mess” when ...

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 ...