An officer rushed to save a baby creature that was spotted wandering around an Arizona dog park. A woman found the small tortoise Monday, Sept. 18, in Oro Valley, the local police department said in a ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “tortoise”? The giant tortoises that roam like tanks over the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific and the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean? The gopher ...

Almost two years ago, Kimberly Vanous decided to adopt a sick tortoise, which she later named Olive, into her Ames home. What started as a way to try her hand at providing a home for a “unique” pet in ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “tortoise”? The giant tortoises that lumber along like tanks over the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean? The gopher ...

The Toronto Zoo welcomed their first baby Madagascar spider tortoise, who hatched on May 2 The Toronto Zoo welcomed a new resident who is as important as they are small. On May 2, a Madagascar spider ...

Residents in Fairfield’s Green Valley area and beyond are advised to be on the lookout for a small tortoise. This is not just any tortoise, she has quite the following on Instagram. Ethel, a ...

The gopher tortoise hatchling likely walked through "freshly poured concrete" before a local wildlife center found it Tracey Harrington McCoy is a celebrity news writer at PEOPLE Digital. She has been ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Phoenix Fire Station 12 crews rescued a tiny tortoise from being run over in Phoenix. Crews were returning to the station after a structure fire when one of the firefighters ...

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