PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A tortoise in Clark County was rescued after attempting to make a break for it, according to the local sheriff’s office. Deputies say a 9-year-old African spurred tortoise ...

All's well that ends well for one adorable African spurred tortoise and his family in Florida. The pet tortoise was missing after its owners briefly left their gate open while having works done on ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A wandering African spurred tortoise is back home safely thanks to the quick response of a Precinct 4 deputy constable and a watchful citizen. According to Pct. 4 Constable Mark ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A wandering African spurred tortoise is back home safely thanks to the quick response of a Precinct 4 deputy constable and a watchful citizen. According to Pct. 4 Constable Mark ...

A tortoise the size of a rugby ball crawled out of nowhere and introduced itself to astonished Bryan Park visitors Sunday — about 6,000 miles from its native habitat. The African spur-thigh tortoise ...

DENVER — Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance celebrated the hatching of an African pancake tortoise in May, and now they're asking for the public's help in picking a name. The critically endangered ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — Officers with the Clearwater Police Department engaged in a “low-speed pursuit” Thursday with a tortoise that was found wandering through a parking lot. A woman reportedly ...

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 ...