Many tortoises are critically endangered. More than half of the 360 turtle and tortoise species reportedly face imminent extinction. This is not just an issue of poaching but also an issue of habitat ...

Native to Southern Europe, Northern Africa, and Southwest Asia, Greek tortoises are commonly kept as pets, and their affable ...

As this keystone species' name suggests, the gopher tortoise is an expert at living underground — like a gopher. Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them ...

In many turtle species, females are larger than males, while generally speaking, tortoise males are larger than females. Most turtles are aquatic or semi-aquatic, while tortoises live on land.

No reason was given for the deaths. They included endangered or vulnerable species such as pancake tortoises, radiated tortoises and Aldabra giant tortoises. All are protected under the Convention on ...

Around 10,000 endangered tortoises were swept away by a cyclone in Madagascar. They were the same species of turtle that a Knoxville zoologist rescued in 2018.

At first, Tapia couldn’t believe his eyes, “but when I [had] Fernanda in my hands, I believed,” he says, adding that the team later named the female tortoise after her home island. Finding a ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their ...

Three more specialty license plates will soon be available on Florida’s roads including ones supporting Israel, K9s and ...

There were reptiles of different sizes, shapes, colors, species, behaviors ... to take photos with geckos or one of the gentle tortoises available. Reptile owners also were treated to a one ...