Sixteen-year-old Theo is offered to prospective owners during an open day in Norfolk.

After missing for three years, a tortoise was reunited with its owner with the help of Putnam County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Deputies with The Putnam County Sheriff's Office on Oct. 21 ...

Ector County Animal Control is looking for the owner of an African spurred tortoise found Odessa.

All's well that ends well for one adorable African spurred tortoise and his family in Florida. The pet tortoise was missing after its owners briefly left their gate open while having works done on ...

A conservation story is giving people a rare dose of hope about the Sahara. Five hundred tortoises were released into a severely degraded part of the desert, and within five years, satellite imagery ...

Rolling Hills Zoo announced the arrival of its first African pancake tortoise hatchling. The zoo said this hatching is a significant milestone for the conservation of this tortoise species. "(It also ...

June 12 (UPI) -- Animal control officials in Missouri are trying to identify the owner of an African spurred tortoise found wandering loose in a neighborhood. Officers with Columbia/Boone County ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The forest hinge-back tortoise is an unusual animal whose shell can swing down 90 degrees in the rear to protect itself from predators. However, ...

The strange saga of an African tortoise living among dogs and cats at a Louisiana animal shelter took an even stranger turn when two men showed up to report the ottoman-sized creature was their lost ...

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 ...