Fortunately, almost all of them were still alive. Among the most endangered kinds of tortoises is the radiated tortoise, a species endemic to the Big Island’s South. This terrestrial tortoise is ...

Alagba, Nigeria’s royal tortoise alleged to be the oldest in Africa, lived to the estimated ... Surprisingly, Alagba was not a giant tortoise as one would expect due to its age but it was ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for ...