There’s a good chance the adorable kitten in this video would pass on Aladdin’s magic carpet, because he already has a strange but comfy and reliable mode of transport. "My kittens get on Turtle the ...

Dog is first in United States trained to find gopher tortoises and burrows. Goal is to protect gopher tortoises from development. Gopher tortoise burrows provide food and habitat for about 365 species ...

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died. Gramma was born ...

Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter profit, citing a robust operational performance. The London-listed company launched another $3.5 billion in share buybacks over the next ...

As far as animal prints are concerned, tortoiseshell is the most unassuming. Whether it's infused into the frame of your eyeglasses or a lucite hoop earring, the blurred black-and-caramel pattern is ...

ORO VALLEY, AZ — Neighbors in Oro Valley, Arizona, are heartbroken and outraged after a desert tortoise was found mutilated along a popular trail at Honeybee Park. Kendra, who asked to remain ...

A determined gopher tortoise has made itself at home in Nancy Cyphert's front yard in Fort Myers. This unexpected visitor is not only digging a massive hole under her house but is also causing concern ...

Attention reptile-lovers, what do you call an animal that lives in a shell made of bone and keratin, shuffles along at a slow pace and lives on land? Any guesses? You may have off-handedly answered ...

U.S. Air Force researchers on Sept. 22 revealed plans to fire an affordable hypersonic missile in early December under the newly unveiled Angry Tortoise project. The project integrates the liquid-fuel ...

ALBIA, Iowa (CBS 58) -- A tortoise found wandering in Wisconsin has been promoted to the police force. The Albia Police Department in Albia, Iowa, introduced Officer Bonsai -- a sulcata tortoise -- as ...