A University of Florida research team has developed a more accurate way to count wildlife using drones—an innovation that ...

In this guide, we'll tell you everything you need to know about owning tortoises, including what they eat, what shelter they ...

A giant tortoise made a (slow) run for it and was found trying to cross an interstate in Arizona. He’s back home safe and sound.

Q. I know tortoises live on land. Does that mean box turtles (which also live on land) are tortoises? How many true tortoises are there, what parts of the world ...

A new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, provides the strongest evidence to date that cancer is extremely ...

Little Dot, an Aldabra giant tortoise estimated to be born in 1936, is one of the five giant tortoises going on display at the Indianapolis Zoo this weekend. While the tortoises’ permanent ...

An extremely rare white tortoise baby has just been revealed to the world for the very first time. The tiny, red-eyed reptile has pigmentless skin and a pale shell, caused by a genetic disorder ...

Aldabra tortoises — one of the largest tortoise species in the world — now call SeaWorld San Antonio home.

The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating a historic first: A 97-year-old Galápagos tortoise, has become the oldest first-time mom of her species!

Africa is also home to the largest tortoise found on the mainland of any continent. The spurred tortoise, native to the region south of the Sahara across northern Africa, reaches a length of more ...

U.S. wildlife officials have finalized an agreement with Ted Turner’s Endangered Species Fund regarding the release of more Bolson tortoises on the media mogul’s Armendaris Ranch in central ...