Tortoise shells are far more than tough protective armor—they are living parts of the tortoise’s skeleton fused directly to ...

What type of tortoise is this, and what are the normal drinking habits of tortoises? They cannot reach the sheep watering troughs in the arid Karoo to quench their thirst, and there is no water or ...

so it’s long past time for the Bureau of Land Management to curb these vehicles’ threats to the tortoises and all the rare plants and animals in California’s beautiful deserts.” Tuesday’s ruling is a ...