Crush, a 55 pound African Spurred Tortoise, has gone missing. His Cape Coral owner has turned to social media to help find ...

Have you ever considered the idea of owning tortoises as pets? If you have, this guide is for you. Deciding to get a tortoise ...

The new species, Astrochelys rogerbouri, also gets its name from a former colleague, the late paleontologist Roger Bour. Researchers determined that Astrochelys rogerbouri, like many other giant ...

Feeding turtles and tortoises right means mimicking their natural diet; the wrong foods, even common ones, can be harmful.

Like many threatened land turtle species, the spur-thighed tortoise had no complete genome. For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the genome of the spur-thighed tortoise ...

Much-needed monsoon rains bring out desert wildlife in Arizona. Animals may wander in search of mates, moisture, and as a ...

Turtles could hold the key to finding a cure for cancer, researchers have found. Creatures that are both large and long-lived ...

The critically endangered female tortoise hatched May 23, after about six months in incubation, and marks the first ...

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Yet despite its vulnerability, the gopher tortoise is considered a keystone species; its burrows — both active and abandoned — serve as homes for up to 350 other species of animals. Their diet and ...