The Oreo-sized baby turtle represents a turning point in Rockalina’s recovery: Spending time with her own kind.

Her life spanned a tumultuous period of U.S. and world history, from Chester Arthur to Donald Trump. To San Diegans, she was a beloved local celebrity.

No one knows exactly when Gramma the Galápagos tortoise was born on that volcanic chain of Pacific islands. What is clear, though, is that she lived through the fall of […] ...

Giant tortoises are some of the long-lived species on the planet. Here’s what biologists now understand about one of nature’s ...

Galapagos tortoise Hugo will finally meet his long-distance girlfriend as wildlife teams fly his mate over from the other side of the world. In the next few weeks Estrella the 21-year-old tortoise ...

NAMPA — A 75-pound tortoise named Twister that went missing from a Nampa rescue facility earlier this week has been returned. Reptile Adventures posted on their Facebook page that Twister is back home ...

WINK News saw a couple of gopher tortoises enjoying the afternoon weather on Wednesday. However, that is exactly why Lee County decided to be part of the Gopher Tortoise Day celebration. Nonprofits, ...

Editor’s note: This tour of small businesses across the country highlights the imagination, diversity, and resilience of American enterprise. At a cost of more than $100,000, Joe Maierhauser’s next ...

It died around 13 million years ago, but a fossilised giant tortoise is helping to reveal the history of one of the highest and driest plateaus in the world. Palaeontologists said the creature, which ...

A woman in Belfast shared the process of placing her pet tortoise into the fridge for “hibernation time” in a viral TikTok ...

Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...

Most reptiles are covered in dry, scaly skin. They can be found living in both water and on the land. There are six species of reptile which live in the UK. They are rare and very shy so spotting them ...