A bead made from the shell of a giant African land is snail is among the discoveries that have excited archaeologists ...

There was territorial tension in Nigeria last week. Like in the famous fable where animals gathered in the forest to ...

Each of the animals was embittered by past territorial usurpation. As they complained, they also criminalised any further ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “tortoise”? The giant tortoises that lumber along like tanks over the Galapagos ...

The leopard tortoise of East Africa and South Africa has a striking appearance, with juveniles and young adults living up to ...

The Vice-Chancellor of the African School of Economics, Pan-African University of Excellence, Abuja, Prof. Mahfouz Adedimeji, has called on universities to rise to the occasion by addressing pressing ...

Tree Frog Treks’ hands-on critter camps in San Francisco spark kids’ science curiosity with live animal encounters and ...

RJ Bigham details how he and his wife Jessica created a sanctuary for dozens of turtles and tortoises in Coker, Alabama.

Hidden in the tall grass was a tiny reptile, its shell marked with yellow star-like patterns – a clear sign it was a geometric tortoise, a species found only at the southern tip of Africa. “It’s an ...

Crush, a missing 50 year old African spurred tortoise, has been found. After going on a romp through Cape Coral, the 55 pound ...

The Denver Zoo's baby African pancake tortoise has a new name! Find out the breakfast-themed name that won TODAY.com voters over.

Help Denver Zoo name its first hatched African pancake tortoise. Vote for a pancake-themed name on the Today Show's website by Thursday morning.