The humble tortoise is perhaps one of the most ... Native to Southern Namibia and South Africa, this padloper species is found in an arid region known as Namaqualand. Their name, padloper ...

But by the end of last century, this population of the desert tortoise was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Livestock grazing and urban development, along with the ever ...

Fittingly, gopher tortoises in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama (west of the Mobile and Tombigbee rivers) are protected as threatened under the Endangered Species Act — but those in eastern Alabama, ...