There are few things more tragic than the extinction of an entire species, but the end of the Pinta Island tortoise hits ...

A Winter Haven man has giant Galapagos tortoises in his back yard and thousands more turtles at a breeding facility in the city. Wayne Hill's breeder tortoises are about 29 years old He gave Spectrum ...

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Hunchy and four of his buddies are back in Estero. The white African spurred tortoise, and 17 of his tortoise and turtle pals, went missing recently from the home he shares with thousands of other ...

A rare and endangered two-headed turtle with four front legs has left experts baffled. The African spurred tortoise, known as Centrochelys sulcata, is predicted to live a long, healthy life - despite ...

A 70-pound tortoise survived a greenhouse fire in Worland that it was responsible for. Firefighters say the blaze was started ...