DENVER (KDVR) — An egg that was found in a tortoise habitat at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance over the winter has successfully hatched a tiny, but largely important, baby tortoise. Tuesday, the ...

The desert tortoise is usually a solitary animal, except during mating season. Then, both male and female tortoises of the same sex will fight each other when they cross paths. Males are especially ...

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Officials at an airport in the Galápagos Islands have discovered 185 baby tortoises in a suitcase that was headed for mainland Ecuador. A statement from the Aeropuerto Ecológico Galápagos located on ...

A video appearing to show a group of tortoises quickly sprinting in circles in Disneyland has gone viral on Twitter, having been viewed more than 12 million times as of Saturday morning. The video was ...

A tortoise thought to be extinct for 113 years has been rediscovered on a remote volcanic island in the Galapagos. The amazing reptile find was made earlier this week during an Animal Planet ...

When Hook, a tortoise, was attacked by a dog, it needed surgery to amputate its right foot. And Charlie, another tortoise, could've been killed by a car but luckily escaped with only a damaged shell — ...

Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s most impressive longevity experiments. Giant tortoises are redefining what ...

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