SUAMICO (WLUK) -- Next year will mark 20 years of 'Al' and 'Tutti,' both Aldabra giant tortoises currently living at the NEW Zoo. Weather permitting, the tortoises will soon, ever so slowly, emerge ...
A 70-pound tortoise survived a greenhouse fire in Worland that it was responsible for. Firefighters say the blaze was started ...
(CNN) — A 200-pound tortoise broke out of his enclosure, evaded capture for two days and wound up over 30 miles away from his Alabama home. It’s fitting that his name is Sparkplug. The surprisingly ...
There are few things more tragic than the extinction of an entire species, but the end of the Pinta Island tortoise hits ...
Tortoises make wonderful pets, but they can easily become stressed if their environment or care routine is not quite right.
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. - A house fire broke out in Oxnard Wednesday afternoon. According to a fire investigator, the fire started in an unoccupied exterior tortoise enclosure. Ventura City and Oxnard ...
Star tortoise hatchlings at Sri Kurmam Temple in Srikakulam are dying allegedly due to communicable diseases contracted from adult tortoises kept in the same enclosure, point out members of NGO Green ...
This is the surprising moment a giant tortoise escaped its zoo enclosure and made a very slow run for it. The lumbering reptile at Twycross Zoo, in Leicestershire had perhaps got used to the peace and ...
Have you ever had the desire to own a real-life dinosaur? Well, obviously that’s not possible, but owning a tortoise is pretty darn close. I happen to be a proud tortoise father, and my guy’s a tiny ...
A 200-pound tortoise broke out of his enclosure, evaded capture for two days and wound up over 30 miles away from his Alabama home. It’s fitting that his name is Sparkplug. The surprisingly nimble ...