If you go to Floreana Island, in the Galapagos, you can still see descendants of the giant tortoises that Darwin documented in the 19th century when he visited these islands. From the dock, just weave ...

Lucy, the 7-year-old tortoise who disappeared from her Westminster home on Oct. 5, was reunited with her owners this afternoon – slightly scratched and a few pounds lighter but apparently in good ...

Around 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, Lisa Seger, co-owner of Blue Heron Farm and Beer Garden in rural Waller County, Texas, walked outside to check on her 90-pound, 30-year-old tortoise, Jeremy. But as ...

Tino the tortoise went to town. He was a pig. The Sulcata tortoise gobbled lettuce strewn on a colorful beach towel. Sometimes he absentmindedly chewed the towel when it stuck to the veggies. His ...

Today, we received a call to rescue a Galapagos tortoise, the largest species of tortoise in the world, who was in critical ...

Missing and endangered tortoises who vanished from Indiana zoo are found unhurt in a nearby park - An Egyptian tortoise and a ...

A giant tortoise subspecies that once teetered on the brink of extinction has made a big comeback on its Galapagos island home. In the 1960s only 15 of the tortoises, which can weigh over 500lb, ...

Stark writes for the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY — Leathery, shy and a bit world-weary, the Mojave Desert tortoise doesn’t come across as a high roller. But among land-going critters on the ...

A woman said she saw the 80-pound fella trying to cross a street. — -- A lost pet tortoise that was discovered crossing a road in a small town near Miami has recently been reunited with its owner ...

Zoo Knoxville's Aldabra Giant Tortoise, Big Al, is more than 120 years old. In that time, he's seen plenty of Super Bowls come and go. On Saturday, handlers let him predict who would win the 2021 ...