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

Around the tortoise they found the attacker’s weapons, including the remains of the 4-foot by 4-foot gate post and a bloody metal bar that may have been used to try to crack open the shell.

Around the tortoise they found the attacker’s weapons, including the remains of the 4-foot by 4-foot gate post and a bloody metal bar that may have been used to try to crack open the shell.

The baby pancake tortoises fit easily in the palm of the hand, but grow larger and live up to 60 years. As their name suggests, they are flat like pancakes and have malleable shells.

Sheldon is a “sulcata tortoise,” or an African spurred tortoise. He was reported missing from Walker’s Farm, west of Crowley.

A 12-year-old African tortoise that recently had its front left leg amputated due to injury is now moving just fine, thanks to a swiveling wheel attached to his shell by doctors at Washington ...

In the photo, the tortoise's yellow-tinted head and arms extend from its brown and black shell. The animal seems slightly larger than two basketballs as it fills Stark's hands.

He watches for me. They're fun to have around. They're neat. But when you get a sulcata, an African spurthi tortoise, they get very large.

PIEDMONT, Okla. (WKRC) - After months of searching, a tortoise owner found her beloved missing pet just 100 feet from where he was last seen. Cherrie Zaidi has been taking care of her two African ...

Larry Battson was on 24-Hour News 8 at noon Friday. Along with him, were four African Desert Tortoises. Larry explained that the rings on their shells help determine how old the tortoises are.

Michelangelo, the 70-year-old African tortoise attacked in Jan. 2021, is seen recovering from surgery at the ARCHVET Animal Hospital in San … Michelangelo, the 70-year-old African tortoise ...

Michelangelo, the 70-year-old African tortoise attacked in Jan. 2021, is seen recovering from surgery at the ARCHVET Animal Hospital in San Jose, California. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group via AP) ...