The typically solitary Mojave desert tortoise spends 95% of its life sheltering from the desert sun in self-made underground burrows. When they do come out, they can be found snacking on native shrubs ...

According to Jonathan the tortoise's vet, there was also a crypto donation request from the same account that falsely announced the tortoise's death. Corin Cesaric-Epple is an Editor at CNET covering ...

On April 1, 2026, an X user claiming to be a veterinarian for Jonathan, a tortoise on St. Helena island, said the animal — estimated to be almost 194 years old — had died. In his post, the purported ...

LONDON — Reports on April Fools’ Day of the death of the world’s oldest living land animal — a 193-year-old tortoise called Jonathan — were greatly exaggerated. Jonathan is still kicking — albeit ...

Reports of the nearly 200-year-old creature's demise were posted on X by a hoax vet account and Jonathan was later revealed to be alive and well. A giant Seychelles tortoise, believed to be the ...

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A giant tortoise that is the world’s oldest land animal has been caught in a bizarre crypto “death” hoax. Reports emerged overnight that Jonathan, estimated to be 193 years old, had died on the island ...

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Nearly 150 years after the last giant tortoises were removed from Floreana Island in Ecuador’s Galápagos archipelago, the species made a comeback on Friday (20 February), when dozens of juvenile ...

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(FOX 5/KUSI) — Gramma, a Galapagos tortoise that was the oldest living animal at the San Diego Zoo, has died. The zoo said Gramma had ongoing bone conditions and that caretakers had to make the ...