From there, the Turtles decide to confront the New Jersey-based toy manufacturer, and that’s where the real meaning of Chrome ...

Seychelles and Galápagos islands are all we have left. But how did these big reptiles get to the islands in the first place? And why is turtle anatomy so weird? Would you like your own giant tortoise ...

Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.

The Oreo-sized baby turtle represents a turning point in Rockalina’s recovery: Spending time with her own kind.

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Customs officers on Thursday intercepted a Thane-based woman at Mumbai’s international airport who allegedly trafficked 154 exotic wildlife species in her luggage. The seized animals included several ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A rare tortoise species native to Madagascar is going to get some help from the John Ball Zoo. For years, the Grand Rapids zoo's conservation team has tracked regional turtle ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Turtles and tortoises have outlived dinosaurs, endured ice ages, and ...

It’s not every day you meet someone (or something) that was alive during the U.S. Civil War, the reign of Queen Victoria, and the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. But Jonathan, a Seychelles giant ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show ...

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 ...