Red Rock has two new residents: Red Rock Roxie and a yet-to-be-named female tortoise. The nonprofit, Nevada-based Tortoise Group facilitated their adoption. Group member Sarah Mortimer brought them to ...

Someone thought it would funny to paint a gopher tortoise red. Wildlife officials aren't laughing. The tortoise was found in the middle of County Road 455, south of Montverde, coated in red spray ...

Authorities in Florida are asking for help after a gopher tortoise was found earlier this week covered in red spray paint and with concrete on its limbs. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Red Rock Canyon has a new tortoise at its habitat, and there will be a public contest to name the shelled resident. Red Rock Canyon NCA Tortoise Habitat announced that Friends ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Zoo reports that its red-footed tortoise, named Red, was stolen Tuesday from the zoo. The zoo says Red was stolen from Rainforest Falls during an incident Tuesday night.

As Congress considers legislation that would reshape Washington County’s Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, biologists say the area’s Mojave desert tortoise populations are holding steady under the existing ...

Long-time readers of this Creature Feature may remember the article in January 2015 about baby tortoise, Hercules. Hercules is son to Goliath, the oldest animal at the Pueblo Zoo at 58 years old.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Buffalo Zoo says Red, the red-footed tortoise, was stolen from Rainforest Falls during an incident at the zoo last night. The zoo says it is working with the Buffalo Police ...