An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

Those looking for a long-term animal companion should consider forgoing the more standard cat or dog in favor of one of these long-lived pets.

Galapagos Tortoises are among the most iconic animals ... yet beautiful environment where food is scarce during dry seasons. Darwin found similar adaptations in finches that made the birds on ...

The Living Desert in Palm Desert uses a desert tortoise, Mojave Maxine, to indicate when spring has arrived. Since 2006, a contest has been held for students in Southern California to guess the ...

Alagba, Nigeria’s royal tortoise alleged to be the oldest in Africa ... a small apartment within the palace and was fed the same food as humans including plantain, rice and beans when it ...

Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles of ...

Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) An endangered desert tortoise sits in the middle of a road at the proposed location of three BrightSource Energy solar-energy generation complexes in the ...

Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles ...