However, the Hermanns and Russian tortoises seem to make the most popular pet tortoises. The best pet tortoise for you will depend on your personal preference since tortoises can vary in size ...

A Florida family planned their dream home, until protected tortoises took over. Now, they're paying $1,300 in taxes for ...

And, according to the tortoise are going to win! You can watch the Super Bowl on Fox 13, kick off is at 4:30pm. Don't forget the Aquarium is hosting a 21+ Valentine's Party on February 14, 2025.

Tortoise facts aren’t hard to come by. These slow-moving reptiles can’t swim (you’re probably thinking of turtles or ...

Although gopher tortoises currently seem to be well-distributed throughout their range, there is a serious decline in their overall numbers and favored habitat.

A baby African pancake tortoise hatched for the first time ever at the Denver Zoo on Friday, May 23, 2025. Pancake tortoises are critically endangered in the wild.

SANFORD, Fla. — The Central Florida Zoo’s radiated tortoises moved into their majorly updated habitat on Wednesday. The tortoises now have waterfront property with a babbling brook and ...

The tortoises imperiled by loss of habitat should be put on the endangered species list in four southern states, environmental groups said as they prepared to sue the U.S. government over the issue.

Six dead specimens of a species known as Hermann's tortoise and another "fatally wounded" animal were found when officers from France's biodiversity agency inspected the worksite in December 2019 ...

A MUCH-LOVED and 'sentimental' tortoise has gone missing from his home in Poole. Pete is a four-year-old Hermann’s tortoise who lives with his owner Stef Blu on Ringwood Road in Poole. The ...

One of the desert's most iconic denizens, the tortoise, has been in peril for decades, its numbers declining as its range shrinks due to habitat loss and fragmentation.

Back at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area, LaVelle and other researchers are advocating the installation of fences around other patches of untrammeled habitat — including areas of higher ...