But they also sometimes eat smaller prey like mice, birds and tortoises. Originally ... food or shade are in many enclosures in short supply. In the worst case, female juveniles are killed shortly ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. — A community wide search in North Port led to the safe return of a missing African spurred tortoise named Ninja, who escaped his outdoor enclosure on Sunday.

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WWSB) - Move over Ninja Turtles--there’s a new tortoise in town. Actually, Ninja is old--it takes years for a tortoise to get his size. Jonathan Rodriguez has had him for five years, ...

Almost all the surviving tortoises have now been moved to elevated enclosures by staff and volunteers with Turtle Survival Alliance Madagascar. But prolonged exposure to the wet, cold floodwaters ...

That may sound too good to be true. Not so. It is possible. How? By embracing a “tortoise” approach to fundraising—focused, consistent and strategic—over the “hare” mentality that ...

From hiking trails to giraffe feeding, watching wallabies or learning about wildlife, Southern California's Living Desert Zoo And Gardens has an adventure for everyone.

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

A beloved pet tortoise has been found safe in the wake of California wildfires. The rescue occurred after the family's Altadena home was destroyed in the Eaton Fire, according to the San Dimas ...

Rocky, a 100-pound tortoise, is not actually the first Los Angeles tortoise to be reunited with his family amid the fires San Dimas Sheriff's Station/Instagram Rocky's home! Amid the devastation ...