In the mid-1990s, wildlife traffickers supplying markets in southern China set their sights on the Burmese star tortoise, which prized for its meat and medicinal properties. In just a few years, with ...

PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Caitlin Doran is known to her millions of followers on social media for positive and uplifting videos of her and Tiptoe, her 175-pound pet tortoise.

The Palisades Fire in Southern California has forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate, including a woman and her 175-pound tortoise named Tiptoe. The fire has destroyed approximately ...

The Manasquan Library slithered into the Year of the Snake ahead of Chinese New Year, thanks to a visit from Miss Rachel from ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for ...

TOKYO – Four people, including a former director and an incumbent vice director of the Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo, have been referred to prosecutors for allegedly swindling the central government out ...

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A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary by floods after a tropical cyclone. The 12,000 radiated ...

For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel ... Native to the Lawachhara forest, these tortoises were tagged with small transmitters to monitor their movements and behaviors ...