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.

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

Diane Akers, a passenger on the 11:22 train from Ely to Norwich, photographed the tortoise on the opposite track when her train came to a halt. "It was very large and filled a substantial area of ...

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

The community near the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar pulled together to help the creatures who were left terrified after a cyclone hit the region.

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 ...