All the animals kept in enclosures at the beloved and burned center died in the fire – except for these two tortoises. How ...

A reptile – which was labelled a tortoise in a social media post but which many netizens say is in fact a terrapin – that was ...

The group of young tortoises spent their early life in a headstart program operated by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at ...

Tortoise went home, ate a healthy dinner and went to bed early.Morning came and it was time for the race.Tortoise was at the start line early, slowly doing her stretches. Stretch. A sleepy looking ...

For desert tortoises to emerge from brumation, temperatures need to level out and overnight lows need to warm up. Max’s current burrow is also deep in the ground — so deep, in fact ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied Endangered Species Act protections to the eastern ...