Curated Video
The Incredible Story of Trucker, the Rescued Desert Tortoise
Find out how he came to live at Utah's Hogle Zoo over 30 years ago, and why he's in for a checkup today.
Curated Video
These Specific Tortoises Are Not Good as Pets
Learn about efforts by conservationist groups to recover animals potentially in conflict with urbanization.
Curated Video
This Amazing Tortoise is Key For So Many Other Animals
The gopher tortoise, which is built for being on land, is considered a "keystone species."
Curated Video
The Tortoise Hotline Is Key To Recovering These Very Important Creatures
The goal is to remove and relocate tortoises from construction areas and enhance the long-term survivability of the threatened species.
Curated Video
It's No Trick! Galapagos Tortoises Enjoy Special Treat on Halloween
Watch a pair of tortoises tear some pumpkins apart, and learn why it's the perfect snack.
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A Galapagos Tortoise Named Winston Loves Getting His Neck Scratched
Learn all about these incredible creatures, including how much a 100+ year-old tortoise weighs, and how the "Finch response" plays an important role in tortoise health.
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Why You Shouldn't Keep Desert Tortoises as Pets
Learn about efforts by conservationist groups to recover animals potentially in conflict with urbanization.
Curated Video
Meet 'Speed': the Oldest Animal in the Entire San Diego Zoo
Galapagos tortoises have developed some pretty amazing adaptations. Learn all about these big, gentle giants.
Curated Video
Hotline Helps Recover Desert Tortoises in the Wild
The goal is to remove and relocate tortoises from construction areas and enhance the long-term survivability of the threatened species.
Curated Video
Why So Many Other Animals Depend on the Gopher Tortoise
The gopher tortoise, which is built for being on land, is considered a "keystone species."
Curated Video
Tortoises Are Just Like Humans, They Love Scratches!
Learn all about these incredible creatures, including how much a 100+ year-old tortoise weighs, and how the "Finch response" plays an important role in tortoise health.
Curated Video
This Tortoise Is Taking the World By Storm!
Find out how he came to live at Utah's Hogle Zoo over 30 years ago, and why he's in for a checkup today.
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Scratches Are Loved By Everyone! Including This Massive Tortoise
Learn all about these incredible creatures, including how much a 100+ year-old tortoise weighs, and how the "Finch response" plays an important role in tortoise health.
Curated Video
The Incredible Process of Building Millions of Wine Barrels by Hand
Welcome back to the FLUCTUS channel to witness French craftsmen producing wine barrels, Brazilian workers hand-picking Jabuticaba to produce wine, Vietnamese workers harvesting tea leaves manually, and an Indian worker harvesting tea...
Curated Video
These Specific Tortoises Do Not Make Great Pets
Learn about efforts by conservationist groups to recover animals potentially in conflict with urbanization.
Makematic
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is the most powerful court in the United States. In this video, learn about the history of the court, and what it represents to the country.
Curated Video
Ecuador: Bananas, Equators, and Volcanoes
Ecuador:"Wait! That's not all! After Florence we cross the planet to reach another continent and visit Ecuador. There, you will put one foot in each half of the world, we will explore a national park with an active volcano and you will...
Curated Video
Tortoises
An introduction to two very different types of tortoise – the jousting angulate tortoises of Dassen Island, and the giant tortoises of the Galapagos. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Male angulate tortoises are very...
Curated Video
The Record Breaking Zoo
Jimmy, reading a Bumper Book of Records, decides that he’d like to find a record to break
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Differences Between Turtles and Tortoises: Exploring Their Unique Adaptations and Behaviors
The video explores the differences between turtles and tortoises, despite both being reptiles with similar characteristics. Turtles are aquatic creatures with webbed feet for swimming, while tortoises are land-dwelling animals with...
Nature League
What Can Tortoises Teach Us About Aging?
This week on Nature League, Brit Garner explores aging and lifespan mysteries of life on Earth by breaking down a recent scientific journal article about giant tortoises.
Nature League
Exploring Metabolism and Aging | Compilation
Brit looks back on our tenth month on Nature League, when we explored the theme of metabolism and aging. Get your Nature League pin here!
Brave Wilderness
On the Lookout for the Mighty Gopher Tortoise!
We all know the story of the tortoise and the hare but it might be time to rethink the concept of tortoises being slow! On this week’s adventure Coyote's chasing after some seriously speedy Gopher Tortoises on the Tortuga Trail Wildlife...