Cherry head red-footed tortoises are a smaller variant of the red-footed tortoise, with the red-footed tortoise and have similar care requirements. Although some ...

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 ...

As backyard-bred desert tortoises slowly pile up in the Las Vegas Valley, a local adoption group is looking north for a new place to unload the surplus reptiles. The Tortoise Group has expanded its ...

WINDSOR — As wildlife releases go, it wasn’t a dramatic event. There weren’t any flapping wings or flippers churning through the crashing surf. Instead, after being placed in front of a burrow made ...

In the world of animal conservation, head-starting is a technique used by experts to prevent threatened species from inching closer to extinction. This procedure involves raising said animals in ...

While tucked away in her South Florida burrow, Grumpy Gertrude is ready to ram anyone who approaches too closely—including the biologists who study her. The 14-year-old gopher tortoise is a favorite ...

Research indicates that head-starting -- raising a species in captivity and releasing it into a protected habitat after it has grown large enough to be less vulnerable to predators -- is a useful ...

The sulcata tortoise pictured recently with its belly up at the Taipei Zoo was overturned by its opponent in a fight for ...