70 critically endangered desert tortoises reintroduced into wild emerge from brumation

Seventy critically endangered Mojave Desert tortoises have emerged from their winter burrows after being reintroduced into their native habitat on Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, a press release from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said. The alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, a global authority on desert plant and wildlife conservation, are working on the desert tortoise recovery programme in partnership with Edwards Air Force Base, the U.S. Fish and...

‘If only he could talk…’ centenarian tortoise ‘enjoys’ cucumber treat

While cats dominate the internet when it comes to viral videos from Kingdom Animalia, a 106-year-old Galapagos giant tortoise named Adolf has been winning hearts recently. Jay Brewer, owner of The Reptile Zoo in Fountain Valley, California, uploaded a video of Adolf chomping on cucumbers. In the video, Adolf’s neck rises out of his shell and the tortoise takes big bites of a cucumber. Brewer, only half in jest, says Adolf could easily chomp out...