The fantastic maritime history of the Bay Area,… The Bay Area, perhaps more than any other part of the West Coast, has always been shaped by its relationship to the…
Do you know which word came first: turtle,… Turtles, tortoises and terrapins all belong to the taxonomic order Testudines, originating in the Latin word for…
Sex hungry tortoise saved entire species from… On this day in 2020, Diego was retired and taken to the remote and uninhabited Espanola after a career where he…
Tortoise Jonathan celebrates his 190th birthday… Jonathan the 190-year-old giant tortoise has lived on the island of St Helena in the South Pacific since 1882 after…
Viral Video: Chimpanzee Shares Apple With… <!-- -->Picture shows chimpanzee offering apple to the turtle sitting next to him.There are many important…
Tortoise Ring: Who Should Wear It And How? Tortoise Ring Benefits: The tortoise or turtle living in the sea is the symbol of fortune, good…
How the fast-paced beauty industry left a… In Revlon’s 1980s heyday, supermodels Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer appeared in television and magazine…
Giant tortoise thought to have died out more… A species of giant tortoise that was thought to have been extinct for more than century has been discovered alive…
World Turtle Day 2022: From Painted Terrapin To… Globally, May 23 is observed as World Turtle Day to educate people about helping turtles…