The Mojave Desert Tortoise is a famous symbol of the American Southwest and one that faces something of a paradox – while the wild tortoise is designated as threatened by the Endangered Species Act, ...

A Winter Haven man has giant Galapagos tortoises in his back yard and thousands more turtles at a breeding facility in the city. Wayne Hill's breeder tortoises are about 29 years old He gave Spectrum ...

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The Colossal Foundation announced a $500,000, five-year commitment to the Turner Endangered Species Fund to advance the ...

The Colossal Foundation, the 501(c)(3) charitable organization associated with Colossal, the de-extinction company, announced ...

Hunchy and four of his buddies are back in Estero. The white African spurred tortoise, and 17 of his tortoise and turtle pals, went missing recently from the home he shares with thousands of other ...

“Us private breeders, we are the invisible ark; we are Plan B,” Wayne Hill says as he drives along a Winter Haven back road with a 4-week-old Galapagos tortoise sitting snugly in a cupholder inside a ...

PHOENIX — They’re not fluffy, they don’t play fetch, and they certainly don’t roll over. But there is such a thing as a lap tortoise. What’s more, pet tortoises can wag their tails and will plod on up ...

The sun is blazing down when I meet endangered Galápagos tortoises for the first time. They look like modern-day dinosaurs, lazily ambling around on scaly, dusty bowlegs. I proffer a carrot to the ...