Hunchy and four of his buddies are back in Estero. The white African spurred tortoise, and 17 of his tortoise and turtle pals, went missing recently from the home he shares with thousands of other ...

Aldabra tortoises are one of the world’s largest land tortoises, weighing up to 550 pounds. Males are larger than females and have longer, thicker tails. Males can weigh up to 550 pounds and their ...

A 90-year-old tortoise named Mr. Pickles welcomed three new hatchlings to the world at the Houston Zoo. Mr. Pickles, a critically endangered reptile from Madagascar, became a new father after a ...

A 70-pound tortoise survived a greenhouse fire in Worland that it was responsible for. Firefighters say the blaze was started ...

When Washington Tapia found a Fernandina giant tortoise on its namesake island in the Galápagos, it was like winning an Academy Award. "For me it was the most important achievement of my life because ...

A species of giant tortoise believed to have been extinct for more than 100 years has been discovered on the Galapagos island of Fernandina, according to Ecuador’s government. The last known time a ...

Diego the giant tortoise was part of the San Diego Zoo's breeding program. A Galapagos giant tortoise estimated to be about 130 years old is returning home after having so much sex that he saved his ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

"We didn’t think he was going to survive the winter being out there for the first time," the reptile's owner said Getty After 9 months of searching, a missing pet tortoise has been found a mile from ...