The world is full of tiny wonders. This article showcases ten of the smallest animals. These creatures can fit in your palm. They include the Bee Humm ...

“All animals with a backbone and a shell are turtles,” says Jeffrey Lovich, Research Ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, so it’s an umbrella term used for turtles, tortoises, and terrapins.

The oldest resident at a zoo in the US has celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father’s Day. Goliath, a 517lb (234kg) ...

An Australian man has been shot dead and a second Australian tourist suffered injuries at a villa on the Indonesian tourist ...

With its intricate, patterned shell, the near-threatened Karoo tent tortoise is a unique and hard-to-find resident of South Africa's drylands. This is just one dryland species that conservation ...