It is difficult to watch. A sound-asleep tortoise is stuck in her home as it erupts into flames. Thanks to the fact that she kept her wits about her, this tortoise escaped an inferno. But everything ...

The flyer and social media posts were the first peek into a Laingsburg community odyssey that lasted 13 months. As a young child, Mason Kent was fascinated by tortoises – including the red foot ...

A news photographer in Clermont, Florida, got a close-up look at a tortoise trying to figure out if his camera was a friend or foe. USA TODAY's Jasper Colt was covering a story at the National ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Have you ever wanted to meet one of the largest species of tortoise in the world? Well, look no further than the new, up-close experience with Metro Richmond Zoo’s ...

Isaac Petersen named his two female Aldabra giant tortoises Cera and Ali after two dinosaurs in "The Land Before Time" animated franchise. It was a throwback to the time when Petersen, as a teenager, ...

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 ...