Fact check: Is Jonathan - the tortoise a century older than Houston's Mr. Pickles - dead?

Reports swirled Wednesday, claiming that Jonathan, the world's oldest tortoise who lives on St. Helena, died.
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World's Oldest Tortoise Exploited in Cryptocurrency Stunt

An account on X/Twitter claimed that Jonathan, the 193-year-old tortoise, had died, but he's alive and well. It looks like it was a ruse to drive up interest in a meme coin.

World’s oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary

LONDON (AP) — Reports on April Fools’ Day of the death of the world’s oldest living land animal — a 193-year-old tortoise ...

Volunteers finally find Betty White—the rescue tortoise

Betty White spent the winter hiding from the authorities. The roughly 20-year-old female Russian tortoise (Testudo ...

The Left erupts as mining tycoon plans rare earths project 100ft from Joshua Tree desert tortoise habitat

Conservationists are seething over the high likelihood that a critical habitat for desert tortoises will be impacted by a ...