What Galapagos Tortoises Can Teach Us About Drug Development

In Darwinian terms, survival isn’t a matter of being the biggest, the fastest, or the strongest of the species, but instead ...
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Gramma, a tortoise who lived through 20 presidencies, dies at 141

San Diego’s “Queen of the Zoo” has died. Her name was Gramma, and she was a Galápagos tortoise whose 141 years of existence (give or take) included 20 presidents, two world wars and a pair of ...
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Gramma the Galapagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has ...
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Gramma, the historic Galapagos tortoise at the San Diego Zoo who lived for more than a century, has died

Gramma, one of the San Diego Zoo’s longest-living Galápagos tortoises, died on November 20, 2025, at the estimated age of 141, the institution confirmed. The veterinary team performed humane ...