Have you ever considered the idea of owning tortoises as pets? If you have, this guide is for you. Deciding to get a tortoise is basically a lifelong commitment, as many tortoises can live for over 50 ...

The Nashville Zoo’s beloved tortoise Koraline recently enjoyed a “good shell scratch” while hanging out, video from the zoo shows. Koraline is an Aldabra tortoise, which is one of the largest types of ...

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 ...

Most people have a turtle story. Perhaps they watched one glide through an aquarium tank as a child, helped one cross a busy road, or have spotted one in the wild and stopped to admire its determined ...

Life on Aldabra atoll, on the western fringe of the Indian Ocean, moves at the pace of its oldest inhabitants. I’ve already dodged a couple of giant tortoises along the white sand path on my morning ...

More than half of the world’s 359 turtle and tortoise species now face extinction, with the crisis worsening despite global conservation efforts. Asia is the epicenter of the crisis, accounting for 32 ...