Hyderabad: Chanakya, the 125-year-old Giant Galapagos tortoise which breathed its last in the city Nehru Zoological Park, will be remembered by the zoo with authorities deciding to keep on display its ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The forest hinge-back tortoise is an unusual animal whose shell can swing down 90 degrees in the rear to protect itself from predators. However, ...

Discover how Galapagos tortoises self-righting abilities differ between shell types, impacting their survival. Chiari and her colleagues used 3D shell reconstructions of 89 adult tortoises–three ...