The Denver Zoo announced Friday that its baby African pancake tortoise now has a name. Zoom in: Meet Maple, the first African ...

The baby African pancake tortoise's birth was announced on June 10. The zoo then turned to TODAY.com readers to select the ...

The critically endangered female tortoise hatched May 23, after about six months in incubation, and marks the first ...

Presentations involving live animals are always the most popular part of the Summer Reading Program hosted by the Timothy C.

A baby African pancake tortoise hatched for the first time ever at the Denver Zoo on Friday, May 23, 2025. Pancake tortoises are critically endangered in the wild.

The Erie Zoo's North American river otter couple go for a swim while Bornean orangutan Dasa and her son, Otis, hang out in ...

Learn about different types of turtles including the red-eared slider, eastern box turtle, and yellow-bellied turtles, along with their benefits.

Evolution thought of everything long before we did. Take the case of the forest hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys erosa) found in the Congo Basin, as well as parts of West Africa and all the way east ...

Woman with 175-Lb. Tortoise Recalls Watching Home Burn in Palisades Fire, But She's Grateful to Be Alive (Exclusive) "The whole community's gone," TikTok star Caitlin Doran tells PEOPLE ...

The Denver Zoo welcomed a new baby African pancake tortoise and needs TODAY.com reader's help deciding which pancake-themed name to give her.

A beloved 23-year-old African Sulcata tortoise was saved from the Palisades Fire.

For years, Tiptoe has been a beloved sight in Pacific Palisades, quietly tromping along sidewalks and growing a major social media following. But last week, he lost his home to wildfires.