This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The first time a tortoise walked through my hut at Middle Camp on Aldabra Atoll, I was amazed. I grabbed my camera and ...

‘See,’ said the Hare. ‘You’re all too scared to even try.’ ‘I’ll have a go,’ said the Tortoise. The Hare laughed. ‘You? The slowest creature in the whole world? I’m not wasting ...

Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...

A woman from California caught her pet tortoise chasing her new kitten on camera, and the internet users can't stop laughing at the reason behind this behavior. The poster, Kendall Marshall ...

Clearwater officers corralled an African-spurred tortoise and transported her to a local aquarium until a suitable home opens ...

As this keystone species' name suggests, the gopher tortoise is an expert at living underground — like a gopher. Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them ...

The tortoise, named "Shelby," reportedly tried to go on the lam "at a very slow rate of speed" before officers caught up.

Despite what it might sound like, tortoise isn’t a sophisticated synonym for turtle. But they are related in the animal kingdom. Turtle is the common term for any member of the order Testudines (also ...

Genetic tests have confirmed that a giant tortoise found on the Galápagos Islands is from a species which scientists thought had died out more than a century ago. The single female was discovered ...

Joshua Tree Reptile Haven is a new rescue and non-profit that takes in various reptiles, but focuses on tortoises. ONYX, Calif. (KERO) — Dana and Amanda Epps run the Joshua Tree Reptile ...

And you certainly don't want any uninvited guests. That is, unless your guest is Yoshi, a tortoise who was determined to walk down the aisle at his parent's wedding. As one of the guests at the ...