This reptile lived in southern Africa 260 million years ago — 30 million years before the first dinosaurs. Like turtles and ...

The devotees were enraged when they found seven burnt and carcasses of nine other tortoises thrown behind the temple ...

In a remarkable twist of fate, a leopard tortoise has been rescued from the clutches of a sangoma (traditional healer) in ...

Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley had its opening day Tuesday. Beyond the fun of visitors seeing animals, managers at the zoo hope to educate visitors about endangered species. Curator of Conservation and ...

In January, a rehabilitation center for critically endangered tortoises in southern Madagascar was severely impacted by heavy flooding caused by two cyclones. The rescue center hosts thousands of ...

While Lake Mead sits at about one-third full, a bipartisan cohort of Nevada’s state lawmakers think now is the time to sell ...

New Red Rock trail gates aim to show people with limited mobility ‘we are not fenced out’. Read more from The Nevada ...

Myrtle, a cherished pet tortoise, has been reunited with its family in Mississippi weeks after disappearing during a deadly ...