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PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Looking to adopt a reptile companion this spring? Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) says dozens of desert tortoises are ready to go home to their forever families.

Staff at Hungary’s Nyíregyháza Zoo provided resident spurred tortoises with a comprehensive wellness program that included full cleaning, gentle grooming, and a veterinary check-up. The tortoises, ...

A 109-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise had advanced medical scans after keepers at an Australian zoo noticed neck swelling and breathing changes. The 298-pound reptile, Esmerelda, was transported from ...

FLOREANA ISLAND, ECUADOR — Nine men walk single file like an army, marching uphill and under the equatorial sun with hundred-pound plastic crates strapped to their backs. When they finally crest the ...

On a remote island in North Macedonia, male Hermann’s tortoises outnumber females 19 to 1, an imbalance driving the population to extinction. A female Hermann’s tortoise from the island of Golem Grad ...

The quick escape of a stereotypically slow reptile from a shed fire is getting attention on social media. Leo, a female tortoise, tapped into her speedy side to flee flames that engulfed her backyard ...

A tortoise in narrowly escaped a blaze in its California home. Leo, a female sulcata tortoise, was forced to make a hasty exit when a fire broke out in her crib, or a shed in the backyard, on Super ...

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A tortoise showed off its surprising speed when a fire broke out in her shed in the backyard of a Fullerton home on Sunday, Feb. 8. Security footage shows the tortoise, named Leo, zooming to safety as ...

The Nintendo Switch has become the company's best-selling console ever with over 155 million units sold. It was released in 2017, a pivotal time for Nintendo which was coming off the back of a flop ...