An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. She moved ...

A beginner’s guide to choosing the right turtle or tortoise, with practical details on cost, care needs, enclosure size, and ...

This holiday season we’ve taken inspiration from the classic Christmas song and given it a Tulsa twist to help you check off ...

Turtles and tortoises, though sharing ancient ancestry and a protective shell, exhibit significant differences in habitat, ...

The Turtle Back Zoo this year joined the relatively few U.S. zoos — perhaps a dozen or fewer among the 250 accredited by the ...

While both belong to the same scientific order (Testudines), they’ve evolved in unique ways depending on where they live and ...

An Egyptian tortoise and a Northern Spider tortoise, both of which are on the critically endangered species list, were taken ...

Update: On Oct. 28, Indiana State Police announced the tortoises were returned unharmed. They were found in Falls Park in Pendleton. Read more here. Two critically endangered tortoises were stolen ...

At a time when wildlife content regularly goes viral-- from big cat rescues to elephant migration videos-- it’s often the more dramatic animals that catch people’s attention. But there’s a quieter ...

Of all the World of Warcraft private servers, Turtle WoW is the closest it comes to a fanmade WoW Classic Plus experience. After being around for almost seven years, the private server offers a huge ...

Are dolphins and porpoises just different words for the same kinds of animals? Are bison and buffalo okay to use interchangeably? Are there really any differences between frogs and toads? Rabbits and ...

The California Turtle and Tortoise Club, Inland Empire Chapter, will hold its annual turtle and tortoise show 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 4 at the ARK Church, 1307 E. Citrus Ave., Redlands. The show, in the ...