Kenya is poised to make global conservation history with the launch of a groundbreaking 10-year plan to save the world’s rarest tortoise.The National Recovery and Conservation Action Plan (2025–2035) ...

Thomas, the 200-pound tortoise, recently visited the Rotary Club of St. Francisville and Bains Lower Elementary School, ...

Those of us who have never owned a tortoise or turtle may be startled to learn they can feel through their shells. In fact, most of what we think we know about tortoise shells is probably wrong.

In the video, a turtle bites the dog's foot, and the dog struggles to break free but fails. This footage was filmed by Mr. Wang, in Yimen, Yuxi, Yunnan, at 13:03, on May 1, 2025.

This week’s Tanglewood Pet of the Week is full of slow-and-steady charm. Meet Cucumber, the red-footed tortoise, is anything but sluggish.

The Lonesome George room is in Puerto Ayora, the city where about 13,000 Galapagueños live. The Galápagos National Park ...

As Arizona's trails get busier, the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) is urging motorized vehicle operators to be ...

As the sun gets stronger, days get warmer and nights shorten, ITV Channel weather presenter Lily Carter breaks down what to ...

"The lady who found the tortoise called me and said she had run into the owners," Christy Milbourne, founder and co-director of Central Mississippi Turtle Rescue, told the Associated Press.

The average human lifespan is just under 80 years, but some animals live much longer. Greenland sharks, bowhead whales, koi, ...

On April 4, however, a neighbor found the missing animal, which local news outlets were calling the "tornado tortoise," The Guardian reported. They took him to the Central Mississippi Turtle ...