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) ...

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 ...

DPC orders biometric data processing to stop within nine months unless legislation is introduced to legalize it ...

With its intricate, patterned shell, the near-threatened Karoo tent tortoise is a unique and hard-to-find resident of South ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service in 2022 said listing the species found in Arizona and Mexico is not warranted. Environmentalists have returned to federal court in hopes of securing Endangered ...

© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. The pancake tortoise is aptly named. This species of turtle is flat and flexible, allowing it to shove ...

A lovelorn tortoise which escaped to find a mate 11 months ago has been found just a mile away - an average speed of just 0.00012mph. Ginger dug under a garden fence before making a slow getaway ...

School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, School of Chemistry, GBRCE for Functional Molecular Engineering, IGCME, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China ...

Mumbai: Forest officials, accompanied by activists from PAWS-Mumbai, Amma Care Foundation, and OIPA, recently raided a Grant Road flat and seized two Indian star tortoises from Vinay Vaghela (57).