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Tortoises
Long‑lived land reptiles with domed shells and unhurried lives.
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Giant Tortoises Return to Floreana Island After Vanishing in the 19th Century
11+ hour, 45+ min ago (581+ words) Genetic evidence solved a decades-old mystery, while satellite tracking and careful breeding now guide the animals through their fragile new beginning. Giant tortoises have reappeared on Floreana Island in the Galápagos Archipelago, where they had been considered extinct since the…...
Combat Center Environmental Team Welcomes New Juvenile Tortoises for Headstarting
23+ hour, 45+ min ago (187+ words) Sarah Villar and Christopher Reddin, with the Environmental Affairs division at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, measure, mark, and document the onboarding of a juvenile desert tortoise from the Naval Training Center, San Diego, CA destined for headstarting at…...
Residents worried about deaths of gopher tortoises at preserve in The Villages
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (15+ words) Residents are worried about the deaths of gopher tortoises at a preserve in The Villages....
Is an African spurred tortoise easy to take care?
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (792+ words) A mother just wanted to make her daughters happy with a visit to the pet store, only to return home with a lifelong commitment she probably didn’t think through. Brandy Barnard (@livinglifewithhunny) admitted that choosing an African spurred tortoise as…...
Abandoned giant tortoise becomes Sussex charity educational ambassador
1+ week, 1+ day ago (458+ words) Monday, 13 July 2026 08:00 By Philip Keeler X @V2 Radio A giant tortoise believed to have been abandoned in Bognor Regis has found a new role as an educational ambassador for a Sussex reptile charity. Tip Toe, a Sulcata tortoise, was handed to…...
Adopted tortoise saga in Burnet raises questions
2+ week, 29+ min ago (604+ words) The Leftwich family owned Sam the tortoise for 30 years before he went missing in July and was adopted out to another family. The Hill Country Humane Society and a former tortoise owner remain at odds over the adoption process of…...
Plans for breeding facility to produce up to 300 tortoises a year
2+ week, 1+ day ago (515+ words) Dale Spridgeon, Local Democracy Reporter The erection of a building for the keeping and breeding of tortoises is to be considered by Anglesey planners. Anglesey County Council has received the quirky proposal as part of a full planning application at…...
Virginia School Fire Reminds Us Why We Should Not Keep Exotic Classroom Pets
2+ week, 4+ day ago (233+ words) by Devan Schowe in Animals in Captivity, Blog, Captive Exotic Animals, Exotic Pets on August 28, 2026 Recently, a news story broke detailing the events of an overnight fire that broke out at Bedford County Middle School in Virginia. Upon entering the…...
A Galápagos tortoise species was down to 14 known survivors when a worldwide search turned up one more male living at the San Diego Zoo, and after he was shipped to the Galápagos in 1977 to breed, the rangers who carried "Diego" back to his island in 2020 left him among roughly 2,300 wild tortoises
2+ week, 3+ day ago (70+ words) The Española giant tortoise came within 15 animals of extinction. The rescue worked; the celebrity credit is more complicated....
Gopher tortoise: A keystone species
2+ week, 6+ day ago (340+ words) Learning about native species like the gopher tortoise reminds us how interconnected our gardens and backyards are with the surrounding natural world. September is the month that most of the world associates with the beginning of fall. However, for those…...