"Success ... absolutely depends on building relationships with the communities on whose land the initiative works." Over ...

Sanctuary staff, locals and police officers joined together in the rescue effort, building makeshift rafts for the tortoises ...

Things to do on the Galápagos Islands include spending time with local wildlife and hiking to the rim of one of the world's ...

A total of 116 baby tortoises that were smuggled by a Ukrainian national, Orga Kryshtopa in 2023, have been returned to ...

MORE than a hundred baby tortoises, most of them dead, have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a case ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises that were swept ...

"The desert tortoise is considered a keystone species, which means that they have a disproportionate effect on the entire ecosystem," says Henen, a civilian who heads the conservation branch of ...

Four men, including a former director and the current deputy director of Tokyo's Sunshine Aquarium, were referred to prosecutors Jan. 23 for ...

In a remarkable achievement for wildlife conservation, Bangladesh has taken a significant step towards protecting its critically endangered tortoise species. Three dedicated organisations ...

She said Franklin’s story highlights the importance of doing research before getting a pet, particularly tortoises, since ...

In the Menabe region, for instance, we protect spider tortoises [Pyxis arachnoides], a species in peril due to the rapid destruction of its habitat as a result of the expansion of agriculture.

EXPERTS AT THE WILDLIFE CENTER TELL ME GOPHER TORTOISE ARE ACTUALLY A THREATENED SPECIES, AND IT’S ILLEGAL IN THE STATE TO HANDLE THEM WITHOUT A PERMIT. THEY’RE ALSO A KEYSTONE SPECIES THAT ...