Last year, the Houston Zoo had an extra-special Valentine’s Day surprise: their 90-year-old radiated tortoise, Mr. Pickles, became a dad for the very first time. Now, one year later, these ...

Mr. Pickles is quite special. For starters, this radiated tortoise is considered “the most genetically valuable radiated tortoise in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) Species Survival Plan.

Tongues wagging at the Houston Zoo. All eyes are on the zoo's oldest resident, *** 90 year old tortoise named Mr Pickles who has managed to father three little Pickles named in keeping with the Pickle ...

It's significant, according to officials with the Houston Zoo, because the radiated tortoise is a critically endangered species whose numbers are... Nobody ever said turtles worked quickly. Though it ...

The three eggs Mrs. Pickles, a 53-year-old radiated tortoise, laid at the Houston Zoo may have been a surprise. But they were far from accidental. A zoo keeper noticed Mrs. Pickles digging in the ...

Texas Tech professor Joshua Cruz and his wife, Stephanie Allen, launched Professor Pickle and Mrs. Spice, a food business selling pickles, seasonings, and other goods. The business began with surplus ...

A 90-year-old radiated tortoise at the Houston Zoo, Mr. Pickles, has become the father of three hatchlings after a surprise egg-laying. Mr. and Mrs. Pickles have been together since the new mom’s ...

HOUSTON (Gray News) - The oldest animal at the Houston Zoo is a first-time father. Officials with the zoo said Mr. Pickles, a 90-year-old tortoise, has become a proud dad for the first time after ...