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A member of the first batch of Galápagos tortoises to arrive at the San Diego Zoo over a century ago died last week, the zoo announced Monday. Her age at death was estimated at 141, making her the oldest living animal at the San Diego Zoo. 

You’ve heard of the cat who came back. But it turns out, this Calgary tortoise has a darn good memory too. Norma Reid has the daring take of Steve, the tortoise who returned more than 100 days later.

Halifax icon, Gus the Gopher Tortoise, reached a new milestone this weekend – turning 103. The Museum of Natural History marked the occasion with a birthday party, drawing crowds eager to wish the city’s slowest celebrity congratulations. Kendra Gannon reports.

Penguins, tortoises, capybaras, and lemurs were among some of the animals to hop on the scales in the London Zoo’s annual weigh-in. More than 10,000 animals are officially weighed ever year so the information can be shared with scientists and conservationists around the world.

A Richmond woman is searching for her missing tortoise. Excavator, a 14-year-old tortoise, recently escaped from his home in Steveston. His owner says he got out when someone left the gate open and needs a warm climate to survive.

A B.C. family has been unsuccessful in locating Cruz, a 65 lb African Sulcata Tortoise that escaped its enclosure a week ago. Travis Lowe has the ‘Lowe Down’ on a runaway reptile.

Usually celebrating a birthday is a good reason to come out of your shell, but one famous Haligonian is living proof that’s not always necessary to have a good time. Alexa MacLean has more on Gus the tortoise’s big 99th birthday bash.

330 endangered tortoises were seized at Kuala Lumpur International Airport from alleged attempted smugglers.

A couple of Strathcona County peace officers got more than they bargained for when they answered a call for a turtle on the road.

We check in with author/illustrator Doretta Groenendyk about the launch of her new book Nova Scotia Loves Gus, a sweet story of the century long life of Gus the Gopher Tortoise. Gus himself even makes an appearance from the Museum of Natural History!

Gus the tortoise, who is believed to be the world’s oldest living gopher tortoise, is celebrating his 100th birthday this weekend at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History—and you’re invited!

Cambridge University published a video captured by researchers showing a giant tortoise in Seychelles attacking and eating a tern chick. This is the first documentation of deliberate hunting in any wild tortoise species.

Residents of the Calgary area are enjoying some pretty spectacular summer-style weather over the first few days of fall. And as Gil Tucker shows us, it’s not just human residents soaking up the sunshine.

A Fredericton car show attracted hundreds of cars and thousands of visitors to see vehicles both old and new. Plus, the Nova Scotian Museum of Natural History was busy this weekend. That’s because Gus the gopher tortoise was celebrating a very special birthday.

A Fredericton car show attracted hundreds of cars and thousands of visitors to see vehicles both old and new. Plus, the Nova Scotian Museum of Natural History was busy this weekend. That’s because Gus the gopher tortoise was celebrating a very special birthday.

Biologist and Animal Planet’s “Extinct or Alive” host Forrest Galante is proud to declare that he and a team of Ecuadorian scientists discovered a female Fernandina tortoise, a reptile that was long thought to be extinct on the Galapagos Islands.

To some happier news. An exotic turtle, made famous locally after being found wandering through Richmond, B.C., has a new home.

The Fernandina Giant Tortoise had not been seen in more than 110 years until researchers found a living adult female on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos.

An exotic tortoise found wandering in a Richmond field and is now looking for his forever home. Nicknamed Frank the Tank, the 16-kilogram Sulcata tortoise is considered an endangered species and is being fostered through the Maple Ridge SPCA.

We mark reptile awareness day with a special visit from two of the Vancouver Aquarium’s tortoises.