In the Mojave Desert, ravens are threatening tortoise populations, pushing conservationists to find an innovative solution. Enter the robotic tortoise—designed to scare off predators and reshape their ...

Rock on!” Crush was right – many turtles and tortoises can live to be well over 150 years old. How old is the oldest turtle in the world? Let’s explore some of the world’s longest-lived turtle species ...

Three more specialty license plates will soon be available on Florida’s roads including ones supporting Israel, K9s and gopher tortoises. The “Florida Stands With Israel” and “K9s United ...

Here are some highlights from each recent Gopher! Quinn Carroll. Quinn has always been highly respected for his ability to play guard. And likely even more respected as a teammate doing whatever ...

Alagba, Nigeria’s royal tortoise alleged to be the oldest in Africa, lived to the estimated age of 344 before its death on October 3, 2019. Considered a historical figure, Alagba lived in the ...

Aug. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) An endangered desert tortoise sits in the middle of a road at the proposed location of three BrightSource Energy solar-energy generation complexes in the ...

The biggest danger for wildlife is the aftermath. But many species have evolved to rely on the opportunities created by ...

the threatened desert tortoise. And while developers take steps to find them new places to live, sometimes the tortoises don’t want to leave. “When you take them and move them 10 miles away ...

Over 20,000 tortoises have been rescued from illegal wildlife poaching by the U.S.-based nongovernmental organization Turtle Survival Alliance. The TSA's Androy Tortoise Conservation Center, based in ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods this month ...

The Australian musician told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that his wife and family are now the source of his creativity, and where he finds his joy. "It's difficult to exaggerate how ...