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, ...

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 ...

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the ...

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 crackdown on the illegal trade in Malagasy tortoises has led to a series of recent arrests. Following the arrest of a Tanzanian national with 800 tortoises in December 2024, officials said a ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month ...

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 ...