Cherry head red-footed tortoises are a smaller variant of the red-footed tortoise, with the red-footed tortoise and have similar care requirements. Although some ...

Someone thought it would funny to paint a gopher tortoise red. Wildlife officials aren't laughing. The tortoise was found in the middle of County Road 455, south of Montverde, coated in red spray ...

Authorities in Florida are asking for help after a gopher tortoise was found earlier this week covered in red spray paint and with concrete on its limbs. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

ORLANDO, Fla.-- A gopher tortoise found covered in red spray paint and concrete has been released back into the wild, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Gopher ...

Long-time readers of this Creature Feature may remember the article in January 2015 about baby tortoise, Hercules. Hercules is son to Goliath, the oldest animal at the Pueblo Zoo at 58 years old.

As Congress considers legislation that would reshape Washington County’s Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, biologists say the area’s Mojave desert tortoise populations are holding steady under the existing ...

They're animals from the wild but because they were once pets, they are unable to fend for themselves. So the tortoises at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Visitor Center are tended to ...

The zoo is currently working with the Buffalo Police Department to find the beloved tortoise The Buffalo Zoo is looking for their red-footed tortoise who they reported was stolen from Rainforest Falls ...

Someone is dumping non-native tortoises into the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, and Utah wildlife officials say the exotic species could hurt the native Mojave desert tortoise and wreck havoc on a ...

Exploring Utah • The 62,000-acre Red Cliffs Desert Reserve north of St. George protects rare desert tortoises and much more. St. George • Not far from the throngs of tourists in Zion National Park, ...