A community grouped together to save the reptiles after Cyclone Dikeledi struck the southern part of the island earlier this ...

Watson was visiting Guy Savy, the owner of Bird Island, Seychelles, when the very large tortoise approached them. As Guy tells the story: “We were having fun naming our newfound friend.

PICACHO, Ariz. (AP) — How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway? It’s still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety ...

A community in southern Madagascar has rallied to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises from floods caused by ...

Franklin the tortoise has been in a fridge for the past 15 weeks. The rescued reptile is in the care of the B.C. Wildlife ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The first time a tortoise walked through my hut at Middle Camp on Aldabra Atoll, I was amazed. I grabbed my camera and ...