Jonathan the world's oldest tortoise lives a peaceful life on the tropical island of St. Helena with three other giant tortoises.

Tu’i Malila died in 1966, but you can still view her preserved body in the Royal Palace of Tonga today. Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise, a subspecies of the Aldabra giant tortoise, was born an ...

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The Ocean Quahog has turned heads with its astonishing lifespan. Found in the icy depths of the North Atlantic, these deep-sea clams live over 500 years. A particularly famous Ocean Quahog, aptly ...

BEIJING – China’s coast guard said the Philippines on Jan 24 sent a civilian vessel to deliver provisions to its warship “illegally grounded” at Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed atoll in ...

China and the Philippines have traded barbs for months over manoeuvres at Second Thomas Shoal, an atoll within Manila's 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea.

A deep-sea fish of the Pacific Ocean which has one of the longest lifespans of any fish species at around 200 years. Native to the Aldabra Atoll, these tortoises are known for their exceptional ...

Tortoises were introduced to the island in the early 2000s from the Aldabra atoll in the Seychelles and, in 2021, 12 hatchlings were born on Necker – the first outside the species’ native homeland.

Aldabra’s outer shoreline, which borders the open ocean, changed at an average rate of 15 centimeters (6 inches) per year. The inner shore, which encircles the atoll’s central lagoon ...

ISAS research ... Despite sea level rise in the Western Indian Ocean, more than 60% of Aldabra Atoll's shoreline remained unchanged from 1960 to 2011, based on aerial and satellite image analysis.