Mommy, the estimated 97-year-old Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise, became the oldest-known first-time mother of her ...

At prominent individual’s graves from the Stone Age period, tortoise shells regularly appear. There’s evidence that humans had frequented the Manot Cave since at least 50,000 years ago.

SO SPARKY AND OTHER GOPHER TORTOISES ARE WHAT WE CALL A KEYSTONE SPECIES. WHAT THAT MEANS IS ACTUALLY AN ARCHITECTURAL TERM. YOU HAVE YOUR ARCHWAY, YOU HAVE YOUR MIDDLE STONE. IF YOU TAKE THAT ...