Tortoise

Who is Fernanda, the last known fantastic giant tortoise?

Visitors to a Swiss zoo caught a glimpse on June 3 of a rare albino Galapagos giant tortoise born in May.

The baby tortoise may be a unique sight to behold with fair skin and red eyes. It weighs around 50 grams and fits in the palm of one's hand.

Turkish customs officers on June 5 found nine different species of reptiles—including snakes, tortoises, lizards, frogs, and scorpions—in a suitcase at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport. 

The Sofia City Prosecutor's Office filed an indictment against Rosen Georgiev. He goes to court on charges that on June 28, 2017 in Sofia unlawfully kept a protected specie turtle.

Janus, named after the two-headed Roman god, was born on September 3, 1997 at Geneva's Natural History Museum from an egg that had been placed in an incubator. With two heads, the animal would not have survived in nature, but thanks to the attentive care of the museum, the tortoise has beat the previous records of longevity of a turtle with two heads in captivity, that lived only a few years.

Famous Diego, a Galapagos giant which is over 100 years old has single-handedly saved his species from extinction. Diego has fathered 800 babies over the years, turning the tide for his species on the island of Espanola in the Galapagos islands, off the coast of South America.