A tortoise with a distinctive burned shell has been reunited with her owner after being missing for seven years.Mandy ...

Tortoise shells aren’t just tough armor—they’re living parts of the tortoise’s skeleton, loaded with secrets of survival, evolution, and biological genius that scientists are still trying ...

Tortoise shell, or rather scales, is a horny substance that covers the hard strong covering of a bony cotexture, which covers the Testudimbricata, Linn.

The forest hinge-back tortoise is an unusual animal whose shell can swing down 90 degrees in the rear to protect itself from predators. However, despite having a large range across sub-Saharan ...

Sammy the South American red-footed tortoise got away from Ray Swick on June 19 at the park where the retired historian of the Blennerhassett Island Historical State […] Shell Shocked!: ...

"He's a creature of habit and at 5pm he will retire to bed and not get up until eight," she said. "I don't know where I'd be without him. I've trained him to come when I shout him and he comes and ...