JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Every morning, Brett Desser climbs the stairs of her Jacksonville home to wake someone special. “Scooter!” she says as she goes up to the second floor. It’s not a dog pawing at ...

SCOTTSDALE — Sonoran desert tortoises are built for the desert. With their short legs and tough shell, they slowly but skillfully traverse Arizona’s rocky terrain and, like goats, can get to places ...

Conservation ecology of tortoise populations addresses the interplay between species biology, landscape processes and human impacts to secure viable wild populations. Central concerns include habitat ...

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — A Las Vegas teenager is on a mission to save threatened desert tortoises across Nevada and has inspired a social media movement through the Desert Balloon Project. The ...

After trudging upslope for weeks, a giant tortoise slows its hundreds of cumbersome kilograms to a stop. Dense woods defended by barbed wire–like blackberry bushes block its path. After a brief foray ...

An Aldabra giant tortoise begins showing signs of severe mobility loss, raising immediate concern. For an animal of this size, failure in the legs can quickly become life-threatening due to pressure, ...