Juvenile tortoises with Floreana ancestry were brought to their native island from the Galápagos National Park’s breeding ...

Off-roading is now off-limits on routes spanning 1 million acres of the western Mojave Desert after a six-year legal battle over whether adding thousands of miles of new dirt roads would harm the ...

In this April 4, 2008 file photo, Marines wait for a desert tortoise to move off the road at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) (CN ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada transportation officials have completed dozens of tunnels and what are called turnarounds, to protect the federally-protected Mojave desert tortoise population, which is ...

One of the many benefits of having outdoor space is that you can create a welcoming environment for local wildlife that may pass through your yard. In the r/aww subreddit, a Reddit user shared a video ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. She moved slowly, as if time were something best savored. Visitors ...

This video walks viewers through the full setup required to keep a baby red-foot tortoise healthy and thriving. The build highlights heating, humidity, substrate, and hiding spots that mimic the ...

Slow but steady takes the spotlight as Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary opens Tortoise Bluff, a half-acre habitat built for 12 Sulcata tortoises in the sanctuary’s care. This content was contributed by a ...

A step by step guide to creating the perfect enclosure for a baby red foot tortoise, from habitat essentials to care tips. Six more houses collapsed into the sea in the Outer Banks What Jane Goodall ...

The fate of the gopher tortoise, Georgia’s state reptile and the only land tortoise in the eastern U.S., has worried conservationists for decades. Habitat loss and other factors have pushed ...

Seven baby Aldabra tortoises are now on public display at the Tulsa Zoo, marking the first hatching of the species at the zoo in seven years. TULSA, Okla. - The Tulsa Zoo is displaying the seven ...