The 298-pound reptile, Esmerelda, was transported from Taronga Zoo Sydney to a specialist animal hospital in North Ryde for a CT scan and endoscopy.

Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise living on Saint Helena, has reached the remarkable age of 194, making him the oldest living land animal on Earth. Jonathan remains a beloved resident of Saint ...

Gramma, a Galapagos tortoise that was the oldest living animal at the San Diego Zoo, has died at an estimated 141 years of age.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lookin’ good for an almost-double-centenarian. Jonathan the tortoise, the world’s oldest land animal, turned 190 over the weekend ...

Jonathan is a Seychelles tortoise who has lived on the island of St. Helena since 1882 The world's oldest living land animal, according to Guinness World Records, recently celebrated his 190th ...

While world wars raged, empires rose and fell, and the world as we know it began to take form, a creature on a remote island unknowingly lived through it all. Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, ...

If you remember the scene in The Shawshank Redemption where Andy digs a hole and escapes to freedom, then you know what happened to a 200-pound tortoise before he was picked up by Dallas Animal ...

He's lived through both World Wars, seven British monarchs, 39 U.S. presidents and is older than the Eiffel Tower – and now, Jonathan the tortoise is celebrating another year around the sun as he ...

She was believed to be around 141 years old when she was euthanized due to "ongoing bone conditions related to advanced age," the zoo said Known as "the Queen of the Zoo," Gramma was in the first ...

Lookin’ good for an almost-double-centenarian. Jonathan the tortoise, the world’s oldest land animal, turned 190 over the weekend on the island of St. Helena where he enjoyed a “cake” of seasonal ...