The newly rediscovered tortoise is over 50 years old but is small and likely stunted from a lack of vegetation in her habitat. The researchers discovered scat and footprints from other tortoises ...

Fernandina giant tortoise. A female adult Chelonoidis phantasticus, a tortoise found on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos, was the first of its species seen in about 112 years.

A rare species of giant tortoise was feared extinct after over 100 years without any sightings on the Galápagos Islands. But now, officials say they've found one. An adult female Fernandina Giant ...

Fernanda is a lone small female tortoise who was spotted on Fernandina Island in 2019. She’s a member of a species once thought to be extinct in the Galapagos Islands, a new genetic study has ...

Arizona developers could face some obstacles if federal officials place the Sonoran Desert Tortoise on the endangered species list. It could mean more restrictions on where and what land they can ...

The commission then granted temporary endangered species to the desert tortoise while it considered adding it permanently to the list. A recovery plan was created in 1994, and then revised in 2011 ...

Now, the hunt for a male tortoise is on, in a desperate attempt to save the species. And, in a landscape dominated by an active volcano, no less.

Next on our list of the smallest tortoise species is the Greek. It’s one of 5 subspecies of Mediterranean tortoise, along with the Egyptian, Russian, Hermanns, and Marginated.

The tortoises imperiled by loss of habitat should be put on the endangered species list in four southern states, environmental groups said as they prepared to sue the U.S. government over the issue.

A Galapagos giant tortoise estimated to be about 130 years old is returning home after having so much sex that he saved his species.. Diego, part of the Chelonoidis hoodensis species that lives on ...

Fernanda is a lone small female tortoise who was spotted on Fernandina Island in 2019. She’s a member of a species once thought to be extinct in the Galapagos Islands, a new genetic study has ...