Bertie is a South African leopard tortoise living at Adventure Valley, UK, and he’s far from your average slow mover. In 2014 ...

In a shocking incident that has sparked public outrage, rare star tortoises were found dead near the sacred Sri Kurmanatha ...

In a shocking incident that has sparked public outrage, rare star tortoises were found dead near the sacred Sri Kurmanatha ...

It was very heartbreaking,” said Emanuel, who got Myrtle when he was 6 from a pet store. Emanuel has always had a love of ...

Some do it for the cash, others to acquire ingredients for traditional 'medicine' aligned to superstitious beliefs.

Charles Darwin discovered the Galapagos tortoise while […] The post 100-Year-Old Critically Endangered Tortoise Becomes The ...

The animals graze the vegetation into a picturesque turf, fertilize the soil with their dung and disperse seeds over large ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Authorities in Pingtung are investigating the theft of 30 African spurred tortoises from a breeding farm on Saturday. Forensic teams gathered evidence, and a neighborhood search ...

The African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) Sunday said al-Shabaab militants fired several mortars into its base in the capital Mogadishu. According to the statement issued ...

The goal was to help the tortoises regain their natural behaviours and adapt to wild conditions. Progress was carefully tracked through biometric assessments, such as weight, shell quality ...

The Nile crocodile is the largest African reptile and a brute of sheer ... and also unique in the fact that it has a leathery shell unlike the other sea turtles' hard bony shell.