Yahoo

How Removing a Tortoise From the Wild Helped Save an Entire Species

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sending Galapagos tortoises, including Gramma, to zoos across the United States was part of early efforts to preserve the species ...
FOX5 Las Vegas

Nevada continues installing tortoise tunnels to protect endangered desert species

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada transportation officials have completed dozens of tunnels and what are called turnarounds, to protect the federally-protected Mojave desert tortoise population, which is ...
The Washington Post

Gramma, a tortoise who lived through more than 20 presidencies, dies at 141

San Diego’s “Queen of the Zoo” has died. Her name was Gramma, and she was a Galápagos tortoise whose 141 years of existence (give or take) included more than 20 presidents, two world wars and a pair ...
PBS

Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo who delighted visitors for almost a century, dies at about 141

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has ...
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 ...
CNN

Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, 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 ...
The New York Times

Gramma, a Galápagos Tortoise Older Than the San Diego Zoo, Dies at About 141

Gramma, who died at the zoo on Thursday, was believed to have been born in 1884, when Chester A. Arthur was in the White House. By Victor Mather Tortoises are slow. While most of Earth’s creatures zip ...
Los Angeles Times

Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, an original San Diego Zoo resident, dies at 141

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gramma, a beloved Galápagos tortoise at the San Diego Zoo believed to be 141 years old, was euthanized after ...
AOL

Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, an original San Diego Zoo resident, dies at 141

A zoo visitor greets Gramma in 2015 at the San Diego Zoo when the tortoise was a spry 130-year-old. (Mark Ralston / AFP via Getty Images) Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise whose life at the San Diego Zoo ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Gramma, a 141-year-old Galápagos tortoise, dies at the San Diego Zoo

Gramma, an estimated 141-year-old Galápagos tortoise, died Thursday at the San Diego Zoo, ending a near century-long chapter of what the zoo said was quiet, yet constant ambassadorship to generations ...
Business Wire

Tortoise Capital Completes Merger of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. (NYSE: TYG) and Tortoise Sustainable and Social Impact Term Fund (NYSE: TEAF)

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (Tortoise Capital), a fund manager focused on energy investing, today announced the completion of the merger between Tortoise ...