North America's largest and rarest Turtles find a new home. Watch the video to know more.

US: Biologists in slow and steady race to help rarest tortoise species

Jonathan, the Seychelles giant tortoise, is having the biggest animal party this weekend as he prepares to ring his 190th birthday on Sunday in Saint Helena which has been his home since 1822, where the defeated French emperor Napoleon died a year before.

Jonathan, world's oldest living tortoise, set to ring his 190th birthday

The Ecuadorian government has ordered an investigation into the killing of four Galapagos giant tortoises and according to BBC, the prosecutors believe that they were hunted and eaten.

Ecuadorian government launches investigation into killing of four Galapagos tortoises

Trains in southeast England were stopped due to a huge tortoise on the railway track. The rail officials notified the passengers and trains between Norwich and Stansted airport were delayed for over an hour.

Huge tortoise on railway track blocks trains in UK

A week after two Indian women were arrested in Bangkok for trying to board a flight with hundred live animals, there has now been another similar incident which has surfaced. An Indian man tried to smuggle 81 star tortoises and was caught at the Bangkok airport.

Indian man arrested for smuggling star tortoises from Bangkok airport

The remains of a pregnant tortoise that sought shelter in the wreckage of a house devastated by an earthquake in AD62 have been found by archaeologists in Pompeii.

Preserved for centuries: Tortoise and her egg found in new Pompeii excavations

A rare species of ‘giant’ tortoise, long believed to have gone extinct, has been found alive after over a century on the Galápagos Islands— a volcanic archipelago in the Pacific Ocean.

Giant tortoise believed to be extinct a century ago found alive on Galapagos Islands

In Kenya, private farms have joined the efforts to conserve the pancake tortoise by providing protected habitats. The pancake tortoise faces many threats to its existence of loss of habitat due to rock destruction, deforestation, cultivation and illegal pet trade.

Kenya: Private farms are conserving pancake Tortoise threatened by wildlife trade and habitat loss

Tortoise is generally the good guy in all our imaginations. From the tale of Hare and the Tortoise to sighing at images of them stuck in fishing nets, we all grow up.

Tortoise filmed hunting a bird for first time ever

Ecuador confirmed on Tuesday (May 26) that a giant tortoise found in 2019 in the Galapagos Islands is a species considered extinct a century ago.

A turtle considered extinct 100 years ago in Galapagos is still in existence, says Ecuador

A species of turtle that was thought to be extinct has been re-discovered on the Galapagos island of Fernandina. The species was believed to have gone extinct nearly a century ago.

Galapagos tortoise, thought to be extinct a century ago, found in Ecuador

An Ecuadorian policeman has been arrested after airport officials in the Galapagos Islands discovered 185 baby giant tortoises stuffed in a suitcase to be trafficked, prosecutors said on Monday.

Ecuador policeman arrested for trying to traffic 185 tortoises in suitcase

Hve you ever seen a tortoise fly? Or seen a golden tortoise the size of a fly? What if we told you there is a combination of all of these traits in one species? A social media video has left people amazed and shocked at the sight of 'Golden Tortoise Beetle' flying.

Watch: IFS officer's video showing Golden Tortoise Beetle flying goes viral

The giant Galápagos tortoise Diego who is single-handedly responsible for saving his threatened species is now retiring. After decades of breeding in captivity, and giving offsprings in Ecuador, Diego will now be moved from Galápagos national park to his native pasture island.

Diego, the tortoise responsible for saving his species retires

A 100-year-old tortoise called Diego is responsible for the fertilization of 800 offspring and for contributing substantially to the salvation of one of the species of giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands.

Species-saving Diego returning to original habitat

Job done, prolific Galapagos giant tortoise Diego is being released back into the wild after being credited by authorities with almost single-handedly saving his species from extinction.

Meet giant tortoise Diego, whose sex drive helped in saving his species

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