A zoo in Leeds has welcomed five giant tortoises after they outgrew their previous home. The group of sulcata tortoises, also ...

PUNTA GORDA, Florida (WFTX) — After being missing for eight days, an African spurred tortoise named Shelly has been reunited with her family in a rural Punta Gorda neighborhood. Shauna Corocoran ...

Preliminary autopsy results were released by authorities in Santa Fe Thursday as part of an investigation into the “unusual” deaths of Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy ...

A second African spurred tortoise has gone missing in Charlotte County, this time in Punta Gorda. PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — A week after a pet African spurred tortoise was lost and found in North Port ...

The group of sulcata tortoises, also known as African spurred tortoises ... and usually reside along the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. The species is classed as endangered.

A week after an African spurred tortoise was lost and found in North Port, another one is on the loose in rural Punta Gorda.

Discover the heartwarming moment of a 140-year-old Tortoise wearing her 5-day-old baby as a hat and the rest on her back. 140-year-old African spurred tortoise and one of her babies travelling close ...

The Sahara Desert, the world’s largest hot desert ... Aldabra giant tortoise. Image via Depositphotos. The African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) is the third-largest tortoise species in the ...

“I now have 24 African spurred tortoises of the Sulcata breed, six leopard tortoises and one Indian star tortoise. “Their ages range from one month to 35 years,” the father-of-two told Bernam ...

There are lots of different species of tortoises, and most of them require a lifelong commitment. African spurred tortoises, specifically, also referred to as "heirloom pets," can live over 100 years.