During that cleanup, park officials noticed something had changed across the more than 1,100-acre park – an exploding gopher tortoise population. Fort De Soto Park Manager, Dave Harshbarger ...

Alessandro di Ottaviano de’ Medici, a member of a junior branch of the great Florentine dynasty (he was a second cousin of Cosimo de’ Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany), served as Archbishop ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Wednesday, the Greatest Spectacle in Tortoise Racing returns to the Indianapolis Zoo with the Zoopolis 500. In this race, slow and steady gets the snack. Organizers say ...

OVERLAND PARK, KS / ACCESS Newswire / May 14, 2025 / Tortoise Capital announced distributions declared by its closed-end funds. Tortoise Capital closed-end funds distribution details are as ...

A middle-distance runner nicknamed “The Goose” has a pet tortoise named Tyro who hangs out in a terrarium. That seems almost like a whimsical scene from the pages of a Dr. Seuss book.

The Philadelphia Zoo’s oldest residents have welcomed more hatchlings! Following the viral arrival of the four critically-endangered tortoise hatchlings earlier this year, the zoo has just ...

That would be a fellow named Arnaldus de Villa Nova. He was a medieval alchemist. People can question, I think, but really, if you look at what he did, which was taking a brandy spirit (back then, ...

A tortoise has marked her 80th birthday in style by being given a lifetime achievement award from a Leicestershire attraction. Manor Farm Park and Woodlands said Tilly had been a beloved resident ...

(Laughs.) Yeah, exactly! When we were in South Africa, we were driving up this windy road on this mountain, and we had to stop the car because a tortoise was walking across our path. We had to ...

Frescoes by respected and other renowned Renaissance artists followed and adorn the chapel: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Sandro Botticelli and Cosimo Rosselli who collaborated with other artists already ...

Shift Your Mindset is a monthly series from CNN’s Mindfulness, But Better team. We talk to experts about how to do things differently to live a better life. As evidence mounts that meaningful ...

here are some of the most living living animals. Giant tortoises, particularly those from the Galapagos Islands and the Seychelles, are known for their impressive lifespans. Some can live over 100 ...