Desert tortoises — the iconic reptile of the Mojave Desert — face plenty of dangers in the wild that scientists say pose long-term threats to the species: ravens, humans and climate change, to name a ...

Airport authorities in the Galapagos Islands seized 185 newborn tortoises that were found wrapped in plastic in a red suitcase.Officials discovered the tortoise hatchlings on Sunday when they X-rayed ...

This video captures the intense rescue effort to save baby tortoises trapped underground. The unstable soil threatens to collapse as each shovelful gets closer to the hidden hatchlings. Experts ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — The Sonoran tortoise population has been growing a lot since the early 80s due to captive breeding, and now a lot of babies are up for adoption through the Arizona Game and Fish ...

Authorities made the shocking discovery after stopping the vehicle for a routine inspection on a highway in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, July 31 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at ...

A pair of nearly 100-year-old tortoises have welcomed four baby hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo. "All are doing well, eating and behaving appropriately," a Philadelphia Zoo spokesperson told "Good ...

The Philadelphia Zoo celebrated a slow and steady success in conservation: the hatching of nine new critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises. The new arrivals were revealed ...

A critically endangered species of tortoise is in slightly less danger of extinction after a pair of century-old parents produced 16 hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo. Mommy and Abrazzo, a couple of ...

PHILADELPHIA — 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 off ...