On a gray December day in California, Amy Keeler pulled her Subaru up to a chain link-fenced patch of Joshua Tree dirt. “It’s literally just a flat piece of property with trash all over it,” Keeler ...

An unidentified driver and Arizona Department of Public Safety Sgt. Steven Sekrecki hold a rescued a sulcata tortoise that was attempting to cross Interstate 10 near Picacho, Ariz., on July 30, 2024.

ARLINGTON — Two large sulcata tortoises tore through a chain link fence and escaped from an Arlington yard in late August. Both were eventually found and returned to owner June Angevine. The elder ...

EASTVALE (CBSLA) — A large tortoise found wandering the streets of Eastvale Easter Sunday has been reunited with his family. King, a Sulcata tortoise, was found in the middle of an Eastvale Street by ...

Mitch Telson’s affection for turtles and tortoises goes back to his boyhood, when he drove across the country from Baltimore with a box turtle in his lap. His collection has grown slightly since then ...

PICACHO, Ariz. (AP) — How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway? It’s still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper ...