CNN

World’s oldest known tortoise still very much alive and (slowly) kicking despite rumor to the contrary

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. “It was a hoax,” Anne Dillon, head of ...
CNN

World’s oldest known tortoise still very much alive and (slowly) kicking despite rumor to the contrary

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 slowly — on ...
CNET

It Was a Hoax: Jonathan, the World's Oldest Tortoise, Is Still 'Alive and Well'

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 ...
New York Post

World’s oldest known tortoise very much alive — despite rumor started by crypto con

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 ...
The Independent

Jonathan the tortoise alive and well despite ‘crypto scam’ death hoax

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
The Guardian

World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam

Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan’s death while soliciting crypto donations At 194 years old, Jonathan the giant tortoise was a youngster when Queen Victoria ...
USA Today

World's oldest known land animal, Jonathan the tortoise, still alive at nearly 200

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that Jonathan the tortoise had died. Despite claims of his death spreading on social media, the world's oldest known ...
UPI

Large tortoise escapes high school, travels 'a surprising distance'

March 9 (UPI) --Police in Georgia used "a lot of muscle" to wrangle a large and "ridiculously heavy" tortoise that absconded from a local high school. The Hinesville Police Department said on social ...
New York Post

Pet tortoise makes slowest speedy escape from caught-on-camera shed fire: ‘Sport mode unlocked’

A California family’s pet tortoise made a slow-speed getaway that was somehow just fast enough to escape a massive shed fire that broke out when a heat lamp tipped over. Leo, a 3-year-old female ...
ABC7

Tortoise seen in video escaping from burning shed in Fullerton after heat lamp ignites fire

FULLERTON, Calif. (KABC) -- A pet tortoise escaped a fire that destroyed the shed she lives in after a heat lamp fell and ignited her enclosure in Fullerton. The incident, which was partially captured ...
CBS News

Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, San Diego Zoo's oldest resident, dies at about 141

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died. Gramma was born ...
Fox 5 San Diego

Gramma the tortoise, oldest animal at the San Diego Zoo, dies

(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 ...