The tortoises made what must have been a harrowing journey across open water to Fort De Soto. A gopher tortoise, which is believed to have been washed from Egmont Key over a mile away during Hurricane ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A runaway tortoise named Bowser was returned home on Thursday after police officers found him along Interstate 205 in southeast Portland. At around 10 a.m., officers on ATVs ...

SAN ANTONIO - A runaway tortoise was caught after it managed to slip away from its owners and started to roam a Northwest Side neighborhood. Luckily, another tortoise owner found it and kept it safe ...

If you have Ring or Nextdoor, you’ve likely seen one of your neighbors reporting a lost, or found, tortoise in your community. Sarah Mortimer, executive director of Tortoise Group, Nevada’s sole ...

As monsoon storms draw wildlife into the open, desert tortoises may start moving around. If you see one, leave it there. Capturing a wild tortoise is illegal, but it's also bad for the health of the ...

The two tiny tortoises emerged from their burrows as soon as they detected Brian Henen’s footsteps, eager for the handfuls of bok choy and snap peas that would soon be tossed their way. It will be a ...

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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 ...

This undated handout photo provided by the Turtle Survival Alliance shows staff members and volunteers rescuing some of the thousands of endangered tortoises that were washed away from the Lavavolo ...