On 18 December 18, six captive-bred Elongated Tortoises (Indotestudo elongata) were released into Lawachara National Park, a 3,089-acre (1,250-hectare) mixed-evergreen forest in northeastern ...

Hyderabad: In a bizarre twist of illegal wildlife trade, two men, who were arrested on Wednesday for selling star tortoises to customers, were found claiming that keeping these reptiles would ...

The Aldabra giant tortoise can live over 255 years, exemplified by a tortoise named Adwaita, who was believed to have been born in 1750. Bowhead whales can live over 200 years, with evidence from ...

The Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site at the Twentynine Palms Marine base shelters the young reptiles until their shells are tough enough to withstand raven attacks. The site is aimed at ...

Tortoise Media has formally signed a deal to buy The Observer and appointed the newspaper’s next editor. Correction on Thursday 19 December: A Guardian Media Group clarification has now stated ...

19, 2013. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] LONDON (AP) — The owner of Britain’s Guardian newspaper confirmed Wednesday that it has ...

The Observer is to fall under the ownership of Tortoise Media, a fledgling digital start-up, in a binding deal signed after weeks of controversy about the fate of the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.

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The sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media has been signed, kickstarting plans to shake-up the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper with a new website and daily digital content. Tortoise is buying ...

Simply sign up to the Media myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Digital start-up Tortoise Media has finalised an agreement to buy the Observer, the 233-year-old Sunday newspaper ...

Here’s how it works. The world's largest iceberg is on the move again after escaping from a giant vortex that caused it to spin in place for months. This is the big berg's second great escape in ...

The adult giant tortoises, which can weigh up to 550 pounds, roam free on the island. These are Aldabra tortoises, the only remaining giant species left aside from the Galapagos. Visitors are ...