The smallest tortoise in the world lives on South Africa’s west coast, and a button-shaped succulent endemic to a tiny area of the Northern Cape can be found nowhere else in the world. But the area’s ...

Disturbing a desert tortoise in its native habitat is not only risky for the tortoise, it's illegal, state officials say.

This is the adorable moment a clingy pet tortoise followed it caretaker around a farm to ask for food. Footage shows the ...

The owners of an elusive tortoise that escaped from its enclosure eight days ago have offered a £200 reward for her return. Shelly the 20-year-old Leopard Tortoise managed to scratch her way to ...

A proposed housing development on the Treasure Coast is threatening to displace hundreds of gopher tortoises, and it may be ...

The wildlife service decides the Sonoran desert tortoise isn't a threatened or endangered species, but finds a wide range of threats to the animals and their habitat.

RJ Bigham details how he and his wife Jessica created a sanctuary for dozens of turtles and tortoises in Coker, Alabama.

Today, the zoo has over 165,000 members. The attraction is currently voted the best zoo in the UK on TripAdvisor. The zoo’s ...

Stepping off the path, I arrived at a small pond beneath a copse of trees, where I spotted one large male perched on the bank ...

From million-dollar dogs to rare birds and monkeys, these pricey pets are only for those with serious cash to burn.