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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 ...

That’s the phrase caretaker Caitlin Doran uses to describe Palisades local and internet celebrity Tiptoe the tortoise, and the community she loves so much. The 23-year-old African Sulcata ...

ALTADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- A family in Altadena is rejoicing after their 100-pound pet tortoise was found amid the devastation of the Eaton Fire. Rocki survived the fire after the family lost ...

“This means that hundreds of desert tortoise juveniles and hatchlings could be crushed by large earth-moving equipment,” according to a Basin and Range Watch news release. So far, the Biden ...

Among the organizations that submitted protest comments were Nye County, the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Desert Tortoise Council. All were denied or dismissed.

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A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

With the help of her boyfriend, Doran also saved her family’s pets. That included rescuing her 175-pound tortoise Tiptoe – whose stories Doran shares on her social media accounts. Once safely ...