Tortoises or ‘land turtles,‘ are terrestrial reptiles and unlike the turtle, don’t really go to water, except for an occasional soak or to drink. Both turtles and tortoises are reptiles, they lay ...

The bright yellow shell of an Indian star tortoise glitters in the sun as the reptile crawls across the polo ground at Guindy National Park. Under the watchful eyes of the forest guards, star ...

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 ...

Discover how Galapagos tortoises self-righting abilities differ between shell types, impacting their survival. Chiari and her colleagues used 3D shell reconstructions of 89 adult tortoises–three ...

This is the month for apple blossom, tulips and, hopefully, some warm spring sunshine. And for a small but dedicated band of animal lovers there’s another reason to love April: their tortoises will ...

It would be a memorable sight. But it would also be so wrong to tip over Galápagos giant tortoises to see how shell shape affects their efforts to leg-pump, neck-stretch and rock right-side up again.