Kendra Coulter's new book, "The Tortoise Tale", helps us recognize the interconnectedness of all life and shows how an unlikely wild neighbor can help us see ourselves anew.

The old adage about the tortoise and the hare ends with slow and steady winning the race. It doesn't hurt when the side going steady also has speed.

In this episode, we visit Florida Iguana & Tortoise Breeders to meet one of the largest tortoises on the planet - a living ...

All's well that ends well for one adorable African spurred tortoise and his family in Florida. The pet tortoise was missing ...

Tortoise has done a lot in their 30+ years as a band. In the ‘90s, they became standard-bearers of the Chicago scene, their ...

Gopher tortoises are state-protected throughout their range, and developers are required to relocate them before construction ...

Saving gopher tortoises means protecting their homes, not just moving them By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida’s P ...

Opinion: Florida moves gopher tortoises to save them from development, but experts say relocation may not solve the bigger ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Archaeologists in Spain have discovered a 5,000-year-old stone monument that holds multiple burials and many grave goods, including weapons. These prehistoric stone monuments, known as dolmens, are ...

It’s not every day you meet someone (or something) that was alive during the U.S. Civil War, the reign of Queen Victoria, and the rise and fall of the Soviet Union. But Jonathan, a Seychelles giant ...