Sonoran desert tortoises have emerged from hibernation this spring, and many of them are in need of a place to call home. Arizona Game and Fish is offering free adoptions of these captive reptiles ...

Meet Diego, a tortoise around 100 years old, who is somewhat of a hometown hero. He's one of 15 giant tortoises credited with saving their entire species - in a conservation success story for the ages ...

Beezer clambered out of his burrow and stretched his leathery neck to the sky. After a few minutes of sunning, he munched on some nearby plants. Spring never tasted so good. Once a castaway, this ...

PHOENIX — It’s a rainy morning when tortoises at the Adobe Mountain Wildlife Center are taken from their dens for health evaluations. The sleepy, muddy creatures might not be too happy with the ...

Two hundred desert tortoises in Arizona are in search of homes, the state’s Game and Fish Department said. Many Arizonans may not immediately think to adopt a Sonoran desert tortoise instead of a dog ...

The flyer and social media posts were the first peek into a Laingsburg community odyssey that lasted 13 months. As a young child, Mason Kent was fascinated by tortoises – including the red foot ...

A runaway tortoise that went missing more than three years ago was found crossing a busy road in Florida. The African Sulcata tortoise was found near the town of Interlachen on Saturday after officers ...

PIEDMONT, Okla. (KFOR) — After more than two months of searching, an Oklahoma woman’s pet tortoise had been found, only about 100 feet from home. In late August, Cherrie Zaidi put her two African Spur ...

The Arizona Game and Fish Department has 200 desert tortoises up for adoption. George Andrejko, Arizona Game and Fish Department Two hundred desert tortoises in Arizona are in search of homes, the ...