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

Watch the Video Click here to watch on YouTube When Fray Tomás de Berlanga first landed on the Galapagos Islands in 1535, he ...

At first, Tapia couldn’t believe his eyes, “but when I [had] Fernanda in my hands, I believed,” he says, adding that the team later named the female tortoise after her home island. Finding a ...

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 ...

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.

Discover eight incredible species that were rediscovered after decades of being thought extinct. Learn how conservation ...

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.

We’re bringing this case because gopher tortoises and the hundreds of other species that rely on them for survival are worthy of our care and concern.” The Service denied protections in late 2022 ...

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 ...

Originally, there were 14 different giant tortoise species here. Sadly, two are now extinct, including the last Pinta Island tortoise, Lonesome George, who died in 2012. The remaining species live ...