If you've had pets for a while and are looking for something a bit different, tortoises could be right for you. However, before you get one, there are several elements to consider. Their size varies ...

BBC Sounds has launched Tortoise Investigates, a new feed which will become the home of three new investigative podcast series from Tortoise Media. The boxsets will be released consecutively on BBC ...

The nature conservationist shares her daughter, 3, with husband Chandler Powell Bindi Irwin/Instagram Bindi Irwin's daughter is having the time of her life growing up at the Australia Zoo. On Sunday, ...

In the last few years, hundreds of gopher tortoises in Florida have been moved from their burrows to make room for subdivisions, shopping centers and roads, state biologists say. Such rescue efforts ...

For the first time, scientists in the Seychelles captured footage of one of the hulking reptiles stalking and killing a helpless chick. By Jason Bittel It may be time to retire the phrase “gentle ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “tortoise”? The giant tortoises that lumber along like tanks over the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean? The gopher ...

Researchers use GPS to track the timing and patterns of giant tortoise migration over multiple years. The tortoises often take the same migration routes over many years in order to find optimal food ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — There's a lot to see and do at Zoo Knoxville, where monkeys can swing over visitors' heads and tigers may bellow fierce roars. It's also a place where guests can scratch a ...

LAFAYETTE — The Columbian Park Zoo is saying goodbye to its favorite hard-shelled friend, Boxie. Like the true Golden Girl she is, Boxie the Galapagos tortoise is moving in with a female friend. But ...