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 ...

Tortoises make wonderful pets, but they can easily become stressed if their environment or care routine is not quite right.

Mr. Potato Head, the El Paso Zoo's oldest resident, has revitalized digs, where he can roam on fresh grass, take a muddy dip in a wallow or stroll into his re-roofed barn to cool down on a straw bed.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

$10,000 WORTH OF ITEMS WERE STOLEN .A BELOVED TORTOISE FROM SACRAMENTO IBAS CK HOME TONIGHT, AFTER BEING MISSING FOR DAYS. GULSTAN: THE SACRAMENTO ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND SAYS SHELLY ESCAPED THIS ...

Kolkata: With a pair of giant tortoises gifted from the islands of Seychelles and renovated enclosures, the Kolkata zoo now boasts a fresh look in the festive season. Coinciding with the arrival of ...

A Tulsa man was reunited with his lost pet after he escaped his enclosure. Though this was not your average companion. Bob Lawrence posted over the weekend that he lost his pet tortoise. Lawrence said ...

A 70-pound tortoise survived a greenhouse fire in Worland that it was responsible for. Firefighters say the blaze was started ...