Topsail Island sits about 40 miles northeast of Wilmington. The 26-mile-long barrier island off the North Carolina coast is home to three charming seaside towns: North Topsail Beach, Surf City, and ...

On April 1, the Sanibel City Council issued a proclamation designating April 10 as Gopher Tortoise Day on the island. The recovery of gopher tortoise populations and their habitats will require a ...

Othello the Aldabra giant tortoise, who was well over 100 years old, died at the St. Louis Zoo on April 8. Screengrab from St. Louis Zoo Facebook page. Zookeepers and guests are mourning a beloved ...

The sex of tortoise hatchlings is influenced by temperature, so the zoo incubated eight eggs below 28° Celsius (82.4° Fahrenheit) to produce males and the other eggs above 29.5°C (85.1°F ...

Polyakov isn’t the first person to try and visit this remote island in India’s Andaman archipelago. You must have also heard about an American man, Evangelical missionary John Allen Chau, who tried to ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Springtime created caterpillar chaos on Percival's Island in Lynchburg. Small green inchworms are dangling from trees and swinging through the air, right on the ...

Pic credit: History In Season 12, Episode 19 of The Curse of Oak Island, the team continues its pursuit of the island’s centuries-old treasure. Despite setbacks, the Lagina brothers and their ...

In a remarkable turn of events at the Philadelphia Zoo, Mommy, a centenarian western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise, has laid her first eggs. This event marks a significant milestone for ...

Most of the animals are in aquariums or enclosures. The exact moment when the cat meets the tortoise is a visible experience. When an outside excursion meant Salt was on the wrong side of the door to ...