I know tortoises live on land ... the Galapagos and the Seychelles. The list includes 47 living species in addition to eight ...

In many turtle species, females are larger than males, while generally speaking, tortoise males are larger than females. Most turtles are aquatic or semi-aquatic, while tortoises live on land.

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has relegated the eastern population of gopher tortoises to its “candidate list” — a waiting list for imperiled species in need of protection but offering no real ...

Around 10,000 endangered tortoises were swept away by a cyclone in Madagascar. They were the same species of turtle that a Knoxville zoologist rescued in 2018.

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 ...