Jonathan, the world’s oldest known tortoise, is not dead. Officials on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena confirmed that viral social media posts claiming the famous Seychelles giant ...

The world’s oldest tortoise, Jonathan, is alive and well, despite a viral cryptocurrency scam that claimed the animal had died. On Wednesday—April Fools’ Day—an account on X/Twitter pretending to be ...

On April 1, 2026, an X user claiming to be a veterinarian for Jonathan, a tortoise on St. Helena island, said the animal — estimated to be almost 194 years old — had died. In his post, the purported ...

We all hope to live to a ripe old age, with the average human lifespan in the U.S. clocking in at 79. In the animal kingdom, some species blow that number out of the water in terms of longevity — like ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jonathan, a Seychelles giant tortoise, believed to be the oldest reptile living on earth with and alleged age of 185 years, crawls ...

Jonathan, the giant tortoise, has lived through the rise and fall of empires, the invention of the lightbulb, and the reign of eight British monarchs. At 194 years old, the world's oldest living land ...

Despite claims of his death spreading on social media, the world's oldest known land animal, a giant tortoise named Jonathan, remained alive and well on Wednesday, April 1, the reptile's caretaker ...

WASHINGTON — Jonathan the tortoise, the oldest known living land animal in the world, caused quite the stir on Wednesday after an account claiming to be his vet announced his death. The X account, ...

Jonathan the tortoise poses next to a Guinness World Records award at 194 years old. - st.helena.tourism/TikTok We all hope to live to a ripe old age, with the average human lifespan in the U.S.