The different species vary in size, with the largest being the Burmese mountain tortoise (also known as the Asian brown tortoise). It reaches up to 60cm in length and weighs up to 20-37kg. Most Asian ...

Hingeback tortoises are perhaps the most carnivorous of all known tortoise species. The Homes’s hingeback tortoise is unfortunately listed as critically endangered, much more endangered than any ...

That study showed each desert tortoise species to be even rarer than previously thought ... In 2000 we made significant gains for the desert tortoise when, as a result of our legal efforts, the Bureau ...

not all turtles are tortoises. These creatures are found in diverse environments, from oceans and rivers to deserts and forests, with each species uniquely adapted to its habitat. Turtles are ...

A giant male tortoise with an extremely high sex drive has helped bring his species back from the brink of extinction on the Galapagos Islands. The randy reptile, a 100-year-old Chelonoidis ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Center for Biological Diversity and Nokuse Education, Inc. sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for denying Endangered Species Act protections to gopher tortoises ...