All around the world Wednesday, people were "shellebrating" World Turtle Day. The holiday, which falls on May 23 each year, is sponsored by the American Tortoise Rescue (ATR), an organization ...

Happy World Turtle Day! May 23 celebrates and raises awareness for the little reptiles we’ve come to adore. However, their population is quickly diminishing. The American Tortoise Rescue has sponsored ...

Jackie Tliemat is a PhD student at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi studying diseases in Texas Tortoises May 23, 2024 is World Turtle Day Texas Tortoises are a threatened species and people often ...

A baby tortoise featured in a picture might be viewed as cute by a lot of people. However, a lot of baby tortoises featured in the same picture is absolutely adorable. That type of ...

Gopher tortoises are a threatened species in Florida protected by the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. It makes it illegal to do anything that would alter their normal behavior. It was ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. In the late 19th ...

Many Nigerians may have been surprised to learn of the death of tortoise in Ogbomoso, Oyo state which was over 300 years old. However many may not have known of the existence of this tortoise known as ...