Unlike their aquatic relatives, tortoises do not have webbed feet since they don't spend much time in water. Gopher tortoises used to be fairly common in the area but have become a threatened ...

Tiptoe, a 175-pound tortoise famous on social media, and his owner documented fleeing the Palisades Fire on Tuesday.

They survive extreme conditions too — it's not out of the ordinary to see one going without food or water for months. The giant tortoise is one of the largest tortoise species in the world ...

A guide on how to cook and serve a giant tortoise is among a slew of recipes discovered in a 360-year-old cookbook set to go ...

Social media sensation Tiptoe's last moments in his enclosure are caught on video as the family evacuates just in time.

The different species vary in size, with the largest being the Burmese mountain tortoise (also known as the Asian brown tortoise). It reaches up to 60cm in length and weighs up to 20-37kg. Most Asian ...

Tortoises pay little attention to humans as ... provisions on long voyages because they can survive for months without water or food. The mariners filled their holds with hundreds of tortoises ...

Nye County was among the organizations to submit protest comments to the final environmental impact statement.