Water turtles require more extensive care and are recommended to be kept outdoors to help duplicate it's natural environment, ...

As solar energy farms continue to pop up across the Mojave Desert, some residents are being squeezed out of their homes: the ...

Study finds that sea turtles might be eating plastic because it smells like food ...

On Jan. 16, Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi swept through the Atsimo-Andrefana region, where the Lavavola Tortoise Center is located, dumping torrential rains that caused water levels to rise as high as ...

For aquatic turtles, the animal hospitals said males average 7 to 9 inches long, while females average 10 to 12 inches long. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said desert tortoises can weigh ...

Their habitat also varies depending on the preferred diet of the different types of giant tortoises. Bog turtles are darkly colored with a bright yellow, orange or red blotch on each side of the head.

The project area includes the last unfenced portion of what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers to be the desert tortoise’s “critical habitat.” In Clark County, some keep desert ...

OLD TORTOISE! Meeting GIANT Land Tortoises like GALAPAGOS tortoises and West Indies Cyclura Rock Iguanas at Florida Iguana & ...

The project area includes the last unfenced portion of what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service considers to be the desert tortoise’s “critical habitat.” One major reason that connecting ...

WCS maintains 13 species of critically endangered tortoises and freshwater turtles in its New York-based zoos and aquarium, a number of which are approaching extinction in the wild. WCS works with ...