Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After getting hit by a car twice, the tortoise’s shell needed to be wired back together. More recently, they built a contraption ...

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 ...

Natal’s best-known wildlife rehabilitation centres, has a long-running tortoise rehabilitation and release programme that’s tackling a surprisingly massive problem: the number of tortoises being kept ...