What do you think of when you hear the word “tortoise”? The giant tortoises that lumber along like tanks over the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean? The gopher ...

The ploughshare tortoise's ornate golden shell makes it a popular black market pet. In California, the Turtle Conservancy is trying to give the... To Save Endangered Tortoises, Conservationists Deface ...

Experts fitted the endangered ploughshare tortoise with a unique set of rollers to help him retain his mobility before moving the animal to his new home at the Chester Zoo Shafiq Najib is a former ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The forest hinge-back tortoise is an unusual animal whose shell can swing down 90 degrees in the rear to protect itself from predators. However, ...

SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8/COUNTY NEWS CENTER) — A 70-pound African tortoise was injured during a fall in Fallbrook over the weekend and needed emergency care to repair his shell. The animal was found with a ...

The following is a script from "The Race to Save the Tortoise" which aired on Dec. 9, 2012. Lesley Stahl is the correspondent. Andrew Metz, producer. Not since the dinosaurs disappeared, have animals ...