The tortoise has lived through multiple generations, having been cared for by Laura’s great-grandmother, passed down to Laura’s grandmother, and now, he’s an integral part of Laura and ...

The Palisades Fire in Southern California has forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate, including a woman and her 175-pound tortoise named Tiptoe. The fire has destroyed approximately ...

The Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site at the Twentynine Palms Marine base shelters the young reptiles until their shells are tough enough to withstand raven attacks. The site is aimed at ...

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 ...

Dark gray smoke puffed into the sky behind him as Tiptoe the African sulcata tortoise crunched on the green lawn beneath him. Flames were visible down the street, cars sped past, and Tiptoe's ...

People often use the words turtle and tortoise interchangeably, but these reptiles have distinct differences: Turtle shells are typically more flattened and not as deeply domed as tortoise shells, but ...

In 2007, in response to growing urban sprawl and rules that allowed developers to legally kill, harm and entomb gopher tortoises in their burrows, Florida passed laws requiring the permitted ...

Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (Tortoise Capital), a fund manager focused on energy investing, today announced the completion of a strategic merger between Tortoise Midstream Energy Fund, Inc ...