If you happen to be wandering the Mojave Desert and come across a desert tortoise, don’t poke around the critter too closely—you could end up covered with a surprise spray of artificial grape fluid.

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A large tortoise that fell off a 10 foot high wall and cracked its shell is now recovering after an expensive surgery. The 90 pound African spurred tortoise was likely kept as a pet and escaped from ...

The tortoise looked like Freddy Krueger before his new shell. — -- A tortoise has a second chance in life after a team of designers in Brazil custom-made a shell for the reptile, which was badly ...

LaMOURE, N.D. - The African sulcata tortoise that turned up on the edge of a field on Ben Nelson's farm near here was a long way from home. Nelson spotted the tortoise, which he first thought was a ...

Florida Fish & Wildlife is reminding everyone to stop painting on turtle or tortoise shells as it can pose a danger to their health. “While to you it may seem harmless, painting the shells of turtles ...

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EUSTIS — Volunteers tidying up the community on Tuesday came across a horrific sight: more than a dozen gopher tortoise shells in the woods with holes apparently drilled into them. They found the ...