Clark County commissioners voted last week to stop picking up and caring for unwanted pet Mojave Desert tortoises as of the end of the year. The county has been funding the care of the cast-off ...

With his long leathery neck, dull-yellow face and beady eyes, there’s just something about Diego. A tortoise more than 100 years old, Diego has had little trouble mating. A member of Chelonoidis ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - A Las Vegas nonprofit wants to stop the backyard breeding of tortoises. Tortoise Group Board Chair, Laura Deitsch, says right now there are about 150,000 pet tortoises in the ...

Gangs of Asian smugglers have reduced the numbers of Madagascar's ploughshare tortoise down to just a few hundred, making it one of the rarest animals in the world. In a controversial step, scientists ...

Diego, the Galápagos tortoise from the San Diego Zoo who helped save his species from extinction in a conservancy program on the Galápagos Islands, will be released into the wild in Española to enjoy ...

The sexually rampant and undeniably proud dad, Diego, is a legend when it comes to giant tortoises. He and his shy friend are responsible for the entire population rebound of giant tortoises on ...

DENVER (KDVR) — An egg that was found in a tortoise habitat at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance over the winter has successfully hatched a tiny, but largely important, baby tortoise. Tuesday, the ...

The reptile is believed to be responsible for 40 percent of the tortoise population on Española Island A Galápagos tortoise named Diego is heading into retirement as one proud dad. The reptile, who is ...