SAN JACINTO, Calif. -- If you're missing a giant tortoise, you might want to give the San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus a call. The 200-pounder turned up along a road near Hemet Wednesday night. The ...

Missing and endangered tortoises who vanished from Indiana zoo are found unhurt in a nearby park - An Egyptian tortoise and a ...

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Police have launched an appeal after a "beloved" pet tortoise was stolen from a family's garden in Nottinghamshire. Officers ...

Researchers have captured the moment when a lifelong vegetarian broke rank to eat meat -- and what made it all the more "horrifying" was that it was a tortoise. Scientists captured the moment on video ...

Sergio Candido is the managing editor for the South region at cbsnews.com, coordinating multiplatform news coverage for CBS Miami, CBS Texas and CBS Atlanta. He previously worked for outlets including ...

Caring for an exotic pet like a turtle can be a challenge for even the most thoughtful pet parent, but the challenges only ...

Personnel at the Indianapolis Zoo first noticed a pair of rare, endangered tortoises were missing after a routine morning ...

Two tortoises, both from rare and critically endangered species, stolen two weeks ago from the Indianapolis Zoo were found safe and uninjured Tuesday in Falls Park. Park visitors, while walking on a ...

Section I. Overview -- The Galapagos : island home of giant tortoises / Jack Frazier -- Galapagos tortoises : protagonists in the spectacle of life on Earth / Jack Frazier -- Section II. History of ...