tortoise

The San Diego Zoo has announced with deep sadness the passing of its oldest and most cherished resident, a Galápagos tortoise named Gramma. Experts estimat...

More than half of the world’s turtle and tortoise species now face extinction, according to the 2025 “Turtles in Trouble: The World’s Most Endangered Torto...

The critically endangered Asian giant tortoise (Manouria emys), has been reintroduced into the Zeliang Community Reserve in Nagaland’s Peren district. 1...

The tortoise, named "Mommy" made international headlines earlier this month when, at nearly 100 years old, she became the oldest first-time mom of her spec...

Invasive Spanish cedar on the Galapagos Islands could be impeding the seasonal migration of the Galapagos Tortoise—islands’ biggest herbivores. Giant rept...

Republican State Rep. Perry A. Stambaugh was at Juniata Elementary School in Mifflintown watching 1st grade students doing presentations on state symbols w...

A roughly 100-year-old western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise has become a first-time mom after reproducing with a male of the same age at Philadelphia Zoo....

Mojave desert tortoise is more dire since a federal funding freeze. The grants awarded to protect it from being run over by cars. Far from Washington po...

Following the arrest of a Tanzanian national with 800 tortoises in December 2024, officials said a major investigation had uncovered a major international ...

Heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi 10 days ago caused massive and severe flooding in Madagascar’s Atsimo-Andrewfana Region, which caused the Lavavolo ...

Conservationists and villagers in southern Madagascar aim to release 20,000 critically endangered radiated tortoises rescued from the illegal wildlife trade b...

Edwards Air Force Base's 412th Civil Engineer Group hosts desert tortoises, which recently became listed as endangered species. Seventy young desert tortoi...

Herbivorous reptiles can have a significant impact on the ecosystem through grazing, browsing, trampling and other functional roles.Famous examples include...

The Indian star tortoise is an attractive species that was once considered difficult to maintain in captivity. Currently, due to captive breeding, Indian s...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens announced April 15 that 70 critically endangered Mojave Desert tortoise (Gopherus...

A decades-long project shows how the giant tortoises are changing the island of Española.These reptiles are ecological architects. As they browse, poop and...

Turtles being the anti-aging standard makes sense, considering their sluggish metabolisms. Researchers have also linked their sturdy shells to longer lives. A...

The diminutive Karoo dwarf tortoise may play a key role in seed dispersal of plant species in its semidesert habitat in South Africa, a new study finds. ...

Spider tortoise isn't a species for beginners. They require a brumation that is an important part of their biology, for specimens of all ages and ...

When this baby tortoise poked its head out of its eggshell and appeared to smile upon seeing the outside world for the first time, it was a flawless moment...

At the Houston Zoo, a radiated tortoise Mr Pickles and his mate, Mrs Pickles, welcomed three hatchlings: Dill, Gherkin and Jalapeno. Mr Pickles has been...

The Fernandina Giant Tortoise disappeared more than 100 years ago. The first time a confirmed sighting of this species was registered was in 1906. No confi...

Great news from one of the British zoos—Crocodiles of the World, where for the first time giant Galapagos tortoises (Chelonoidis niger) were bred successfu...