The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises that were housed at the Lavavolo Tortoise Center faced a new and unexpected ordeal ...

The community near the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar pulled together to help the creatures who were left ...

Water turtles require more extensive care and are recommended to be kept outdoors to help duplicate it's natural environment, the club said. The turtle needs a large swimming area (a children's pool ...

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

What’s left of Tiptoe’s special backyard enclosure, which included a large tortoise statue. Via Caitlin Doran “My goal was to help make people’s lives easier, happier, better,” she says. “And somehow, ...

Sadly gopher tortoises are struggling to survive as their habitat is destroyed for urban development. They need large, unfragmented parcels of undeveloped land, so any disruptions or barriers in their ...

The state handed out 105,000 of these “incidental take permits” — a better name would be “pay-to-pave” — before biologists reported that Florida’s tortoise population was dropping like the big crystal ...

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 ...

Long before Southern Nevada built its winding highways, desert tortoises roamed freely without consequence. For these federally protected animals, crossing the street without a dedicated path ...

Thousands of critically endangered tortoises in Madagascar have been rescued after they were swept away from their sanctuary ...