It takes 15 - 20 years for tortoises to reach sexual maturity, and only a handful out of every hundred babies live that long. Because of this long, slow life cycle, tortoises are highly vulnerable ...

All tortoises, in real life, outlive hares by decades. Actually, most tortoises kept as pets will outlive most of their owners. Oh, Snappy, we hardly knew ye.

Diego the tortoise's active sex life and the 40-year captive breeding program for his species are coming to end after officials on the Galápagos Islands say the initiative was a success.