LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - A Las Vegas nonprofit wants to stop the backyard breeding of tortoises. Tortoise Group Board Chair, Laura Deitsch, says right now there are about 150,000 pet tortoises in the ...

Simpson says she got 16-year-old Bono about 12 years ago from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum’s Tortoise Adoption Program. He had the run of the small, terraced backyard, but tended to hug the wall ...

BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A community in Brooklyn is coming together to help a neighbor track down her beloved tortoise that's been missing for a week. The tortoise named Doris escaped her owner's ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Desert tortoises are very popular throughout Southern Nevada. These reptiles are supposed to be out in the wild, but they are also pets to thousands of households. This may ...

ALBANY — Love is in the air for Georgia’s official state reptile, and female gopher tortoises are busy laying clutches of eggs outside their burrows. Although gopher tortoises currently seem to be ...

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Gov. Brian Sandoval announced a lifetime appointment of the reptilian variety to the grounds of the Governor’s Mansion on Thursday: A pet tortoise named “Carson.” The governor ...

A family in Fontana had quite a unique experience when their pets got into deep trouble. The Arballo’s own a German Shepherd named Taylor and a giant tortoise by the name of Godzilla. Taylor loves the ...

Turtles and tortoises are both reptiles known for their hard, protective shells, which often leads to confusion between the two. While they belong to the same biological order, they have distinct ...

A woman from California caught her pet tortoise chasing her new kitten on camera, and the internet users can't stop laughing at the reason behind this behavior. The poster, Kendall Marshall, told ...

Related Video: McCarty-Thomas and his wife, Dashae, stole endangered tortoises and comic books in May 2023. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A St. Petersburg man who stole endangered tortoises in May was ...