DUBUQUE, Iowa - An African leopard tortoise thought to be stolen from an Iowa museum was actually trapped behind paneling in her enclosure, and a misguided employee who found her lied to keep up the ...

Two tortoises, a yellow-footed and a leopard tortoise, made the long trip from a roadside zoo and deplorable conditions in Maryland to a new home at Oakland Zoo as part of a five-day wildlife rescue.

After a 10-day journey that led her to Staten Island, Doris the tortoise has made her way home. The beloved brown African Leopard Tortoise made a getaway from her Bay Ridge backyard on April 21 when ...

At a time when wildlife content regularly goes viral-- from big cat rescues to elephant migration videos-- it’s often the more dramatic animals that catch people’s attention. But there’s a quieter ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “tortoise”? The giant tortoises that lumber along like tanks over the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean? The gopher ...

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has canceled its 'GREEN ALERT' Thursday.A Green Alert is the code for a found tortoise.MSHP Troop A sent out the tweet in jest Thursday afternoon after they found ...