Two gopher tortoises were spray painted with bright colors in Naples, Florida, causing a local conservancy to rush to their aid Conservancy of Southwest Florida An act of vandalism could have a ...

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 ...

You can bring your desert tortoises and box turtles in for a health check-up Sunday afternoon at the Arizona Exotic Animal Hospital in Phoenix. Valley and Tucson reptile veterinary specialists are ...

Fungal infections, such as shell rot, pose significant health risks to tortoises, often resulting from unsanitary conditions, excessive humidity, or minor shell injuries. Early signs include ...

The gopher tortoise belongs to a group of land tortoises that originated in North America 60 million years ago, making it one of the oldest living species. They are so named because of their ability ...

In previously unstudied gopher tortoise aggregations, researchers found that overall, 42.9 percent had circulating antibodies to an infectious bacterium that causes upper respiratory tract disease.

After conducting decades of research and advising on giant tortoise conservation, including helping to rediscover descendants of a thought-to-be-extinct giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands earlier ...

If you've had pets for a while and are looking for something a bit different, tortoises could be right for you. However, before you get one, there are several elements to consider. Their size varies ...