Most turtles are aquatic or semi-aquatic, while tortoises live on land. Tortoises, however, are often good swimmers. Turtles are among the most endangered vertebrates. Habitat destruction, illegal ...

Mr Miyagi, an African sulcata ... Sulcata tortoises are mostly herbivores, so their diet consists of grasses, plants and hay. They can live up to 120 years in the wild, but typically live 30-50 ...

“Denying gopher tortoises the protection they need to survive is indefensible,” said Elise Bennett, Florida director and an attorney at the Center. “It ignores devastating urban sprawl that’s ...

Conservationists and villagers in southern Madagascar aim to release 20,000 critically endangered radiated tortoises ... the wild still prevalent, the program also focuses its efforts on habitat ...

unfragmented upland ecosystems these communities of wild animals need to survive. Gopher tortoises have already lost 97% of the longleaf pine savannas they historically inhabited and continue to be ...