Hyderabad: In a bizarre twist of illegal wildlife trade, two men, who were arrested on Wednesday for selling star tortoises to customers, were found claiming that keeping these reptiles would ...

Tortoise Media has formally signed a deal to buy The Observer and appointed the newspaper’s next editor. Correction on Thursday 19 December: A Guardian Media Group clarification has now stated ...

19, 2013. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] LONDON (AP) — The owner of Britain’s Guardian newspaper confirmed Wednesday that it has ...

The Observer is to fall under the ownership of Tortoise Media, a fledgling digital start-up, in a binding deal signed after weeks of controversy about the fate of the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.

The sale of The Observer to Tortoise Media has been signed, kickstarting plans to shake-up the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper with a new website and daily digital content. Tortoise is buying ...

Simply sign up to the Media myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Digital start-up Tortoise Media has finalised an agreement to buy the Observer, the 233-year-old Sunday newspaper ...

The grooves carved into the boulder look strikingly similar to the pattern of a tortoise shell. While it's unknown what this design means, it's possible that this was an ancient symbol of ...

An Indian national, Abdul Jaffar Haji Ali, 40, received a 16-month jail sentence in Singapore for smuggling 58 endangered Indian star tortoises. He transported the reptiles in his luggage ...

A man who was caught smuggling 58 Indian star tortoises at Changi Airport earlier this year in August has been sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment. According to court documents seen by Mothership ...

However, the bag contained 58 Indian star tortoises, which were uncovered when Indian national Abdul Jaffar Haji Ali, 40, arrived at Changi Airport on Aug 29 to take another flight to Jakarta.

SINGAPORE: A man was transiting through Singapore in August when he was caught at Changi Airport with 58 Indian star tortoises in his luggage. Indian national Abdul Jaffar Haji Ali was ...

Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise at 185 years old Gianluigi Guercia / AFP via Getty Images The world’s oldest living land animal, Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise, celebrates his ...