Pam Johnson’s family has been part of the Leeds community for generations and previously had a cattle operation that would ...

When Fray Tomás de Berlanga first landed on the Galapagos Islands in 1535, he wasn’t impressed by the dry, volcanic landscape ...

Common Name: Greek tortoise, spur-thighed tortoise Scientific Name: Testudo graeca Adult Size: Up to 10 inches long Life ...

After hiking to the area, the team found fresh dung, and soon Málaga exclaimed that he’d spotted a member of the lost species. At first, Tapia couldn’t believe his eyes, “but when I [had] Fernanda in ...

Tortoise shells are far more than tough protective armor—they are living parts of the tortoise’s skeleton fused directly to ...

But by the end of last century, this population of the desert tortoise was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Livestock grazing and urban development, along with the ever ...

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Den Herder Veterinary Hospital in Iowa says that tortoises can make good pets as long as they are well cared for and all ...

The discovery extends the distribution range of the species in Kenya with past studies showing that the distribution of the tortoise in Kenya lies within the arid and semi-arid corridor from ...

The otters and 10 star tortoise will arrive from the Surat zoo, in exchange for five sangai deer, two blue-and-yellow macaws ...

Of the many species alive today, some are highly endangered. Turtles are ectotherms—their internal temperature varies according to the ambient environment, commonly called cold-blooded.