For two weeks of my six-week stay on Aldabra, I was based ... To get there, we’d have to go 200 feet into the mangroves, negotiating what I called the tortoise slalom trail.

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 ...

Zookeepers and guests are mourning a beloved, sociable tortoise who lived for well over 100 years before dying at the St. Louis Zoo. Zoo officials said in a Facebook post that Othello the Aldabra ...