NORTH PORT, Fla. — A community wide search in North Port led to the safe return of a missing African spurred tortoise named Ninja, who escaped his outdoor enclosure on Sunday.

Galapagos Tortoises are among the most iconic animals in the world. Extremely rare, they exist naturally only on the ...

A RIVAL of Punxsutawney Phil’s was killed after being dropped by a “Butterfingers” mayor in front of a screaming crowd.

Surprisingly, Alagba was not a giant tortoise as one would expect due to its age but it was categorised as an African spur-thighed tortoise.

Over 100 endangered tortoises have been repatriated to Tanzania from Thailand to serve as evidence in an ongoing case against a wildlife smuggling network, Interpol announced on Friday. The 116 ...

radiated tortoises and Aldabra giant tortoises. All are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Tortoises are commonly removed from the wild for sale ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for ...

radiated tortoises and Aldabra giant tortoises. All are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Tortoises are commonly removed from the wild for sale ...

radiated tortoises and Aldabra giant tortoises. All are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Tortoises are commonly removed from the wild for sale as ...

Giant pandas Qing Bao and Bao Li have made their public debut on Friday after three months of adapting to their new life in Washington DC's Smithsonian National Zoo. They arrived in the US in ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for ...