This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The first time a tortoise walked through my hut at Middle Camp on Aldabra Atoll, I was amazed. I grabbed my camera and ...

Compare that to the normal range for an adult human, which is 60-100 beats ... but he has a credible competitor in an Aldabra tortoise named Adwaita, who was once a pet of Robert Clive, the ...

There are more tortoises than humans on this UNESCO World Heritage Site – in fact, it’s home to the largest wild Aldabra giant tortoise population in the world Esmeralda is a rather remarkable ...

Gary Priddle, 56, of Grecian Way, Exeter, disposed of the dead Aldabra tortoises in Ashclyst ... Mr Seigne said the defendant also had 13 adult tortoises of a different species and 40 young ...

The Little Meerkat and Giant Tortoise Adventure will give visitors the chance not only to see the new animals but to see the world from their points of view. Two rare Aldabra giant tortoises ...