The tortoise was found five miles away from where she originally escaped. However, after three and a half years on the road, the tortoise was a little worse for wear.

A federal judge ruled the Bureau of Land Management's off-road plan didn't show how it minimized impacts to the desert tortoise, a move environmentalists hope will lead to safeguards for the ...

A womanizing tortoise whose rampant sex life may have single-handedly saved his entire species from extinction has retired from his playboy lifestyle, returning to the wild with his mission ...

The tortoise was tired, hungry and caked in mud, but seems to be in good health after his odyssey. He’s a vegetarian and was able to eat grass, dandelions and other flowers while he was away.

Biologists are using 3D-printed, fake tortoises to learn more about raven attacks and discourage the predators from feasting on desert tortoises. If you happen to be wandering the Mojave Desert ...

Runaway Tortoise Missing for Over 9 Months Found Just One Mile from Home "We didn’t think he was going to survive the winter being out there for the first time," the reptile's owner said. By.

Until then, Fernanda is living out her days under the care of experts at the Galapagos Tortoise Center managed by the Galapagos National Park Directorate. Communications Biology DOI: 10.1038 ...

Nature: Galápagos Tortoises 02:00. An African sulcata tortoise found wandering alone in Florida has been identified as a pet tortoise that went missing in 2020.