Desert tortoises — the iconic reptile of the Mojave Desert — face plenty of dangers in the wild that scientists say pose long-term threats to the species: ravens, humans and climate change, to name a ...

WEBSTER CO., Ga. (WALB) - Baby tortoises have a second chance at life, all to help save the gopher tortoise population. Georgia designated the endangered gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) as the ...

The gopher tortoise hatchling likely walked through "freshly poured concrete" before a local wildlife center found it Tracey Harrington McCoy is a celebrity news writer at PEOPLE Digital. She has been ...

The Aldabra tortoise herd at the Tulsa Zoo is growing with the recent hatchings of seven baby tortoises. The first came on Mother's Day marking a milestone for the Herps & Aquatics Department. "We ...

(WPHL) — For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise family. The zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered ...

LEAGUE CITY, Texas — A longtime pet store in League City is hoping the person who recently stole a tiny tortoise will return it -- or at least take good care of it. Rainforest Pets is a family-owned ...

Mr. Pickles, a 90-year-old radiated tortoise at the Houston Zoo, is a first-time father after his partner of 27 years, Mrs. Pickles, laid three eggs that hatched last week. The three new hatchlings ...

An ocean and thousands of miles separate Western Pennsylvania and Saharan Africa, but surprisingly, they share a resident — the sulcata tortoise. In recent years, sulcatas have crowded reptile rescues ...