NORTH PORT, Fla. — A community wide search in North Port led to the safe return of a missing African spurred tortoise named Ninja, who escaped his outdoor enclosure on Sunday.

The illegal trade in endangered tortoises remains a significant global issue. These species are often taken from their natural habitats and trafficked internationally, where they are sold as exotic ...

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan―The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here released five Asian box turtles back ...

One lot is in the Sleeping Turtles South protection site near the Myakka River; the second is off Lemon Bay Drive along ...

Members of Nantucket Cub Scout Pack 92 recently put their building skills to good use, creating new, custom homes for Mzee and Melvin, a pair of tortoises ...

The monument also serves to preserve the area's incredibly biodiverse land, nearly two-thirds of which is critical habitat for the endangered Mojave Desert tortoise and the desert pupfish.

Galápagos giant tortoises are known for reaching impressive sizes. One such reptile's massive measurements blew even his brethren out of the water.

“Tortoises are actually very good swimmers ... drastically reduced and they’ve disappeared from 65% of their natural habitat.