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By Malavika Vyawahare Construction has begun for a luxury resort on Seychelles’ Assomption Island, near a UNESCO World ...
The fenced-in area, with a portion of it open air and another area covered, is located near the flamingo enclosure near the ...
The islands and atolls of the western Indian Ocean once teemed with giant tortoises that weighed as much as 600 pounds and ...
The breakdown of the dung—one of the richest nutrient streams here—has sustained Aldabra for thousands of years. On an atoll dominated by giant tortoises, the real work of ecosystem ...
Korat Zoo has welcomed the arrival of 11 hatchlings of the Aldabra giant tortoise , the first zoo in Thailand to successfully ...
Othello the Aldabra giant tortoise, who was well over 100 years old, died at the St. Louis Zoo on April 8. Screengrab from St. Louis Zoo Facebook page. Zookeepers and guests are mourning a beloved ...
ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis Zoo announced Thursday that one of its oldest animals had died. Othello, a centenarian Aldabra giant tortoise, was humanely euthanized on Tuesday due to declining ...
ST. LOUIS (Gray News) – The Saint Louis Zoo is mourning the death of one of its oldest residents – an Aldabra giant tortoise that was well over 100 years old. The zoo said the tortoise named ...