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

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

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

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.

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

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

The forest hinge-back tortoise is an unusual animal whose shell can swing down 90 degrees in the rear to protect itself from predators. However, despite having a large range across sub-Saharan ...

Atlas, a local 14-year-old pet tortoise, is now back home safe and sound after he went on a big adventure. He was on the run, ...

Just after 6 p.m., the owner said Digger, a 33-year-old African Spurred Sulcata Tortoise, was found and returned home.

African side-neck turtle. These are unique aquatic turtles that have longer necks than other turtle breeds. They can grow to be 7-12 inches long and live for up to 50 years.

The 23-year-old African Sulcata tortoise was originally given to 7-year-old Doran as a Christmas present. It was the birth of a Palisades icon.