Native to Southern Europe, Northern Africa, and Southwest Asia, Greek tortoises are commonly kept as pets, and their affable ...

Authorities in Madagascar have arrested 19 people on suspicion of trafficking tortoises, part of intensifying efforts in the ...

The different species vary in size, with the largest being the Burmese mountain tortoise (also known as the Asian brown tortoise). It reaches up to 60cm in length and weighs up to 20-37kg. Most Asian ...

The California Fish and Game Commission has formally recognized the Mojave desert tortoise as endangered. The designation, granted Thursday, is the latest in a long series of steps to try 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 ...

Turtle shells are typically more flattened and not as deeply domed as tortoise shells, but there are always exceptions to these rules. In many turtle species, females are larger than males, while ...

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 ...

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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 ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month ...

Most of the rescued tortoises are relatively young for the species, aged 25-50 years old. They can reach 100 years or more. Radiated and spider tortoises are critically endangered in Madagascar ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their ...