Mert the turtle cannot get enough of these funny scratch moments and enjoys every second.

Mert the turtle is a gentle rescue who found safety and a peaceful new home.

A rainy holiday weekend didn't deter visitors to the Nashville Zoo or a May 23 post on X featuring Zannzibar the tortoise ...

Humans may count themselves lucky to reach 100, but some creatures have lifespans that make centuries look like a weekend. In ...

The over 100 tortoises released into the Nagaland tribal reserves—small but numerous—are closely tracked by locals trains in ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A 19-year-old Taiwanese tourist was detained Tuesday at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport after attempting to smuggle 30 Indian star tortoises onto a flight to Taipei, according to ...

This handout photo taken and released on April 29, 2026 by Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) shows Indian star tortoises confiscated from a women ...

In February, conservationists released 158 young tortoises onto Floreana Island in the Galapagos. The Floreana tortoise subspecies had long been thought extinct, but the discovery of close relatives ...

A 109-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise had advanced medical scans after keepers at an Australian zoo noticed neck swelling and breathing changes. The 298-pound reptile, Esmerelda, was transported from ...

A California family’s pet tortoise made a slow-speed getaway that was somehow just fast enough to escape a massive shed fire that broke out when a heat lamp tipped over. Leo, a 3-year-old female ...