TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida animal sanctuary is reminding residents and tourists to stop painting the shells of turtles and gopher tortoises. The reminder comes after a female gopher tortoise was ...

This young tortoise posted by through.the.lleaves is the cutest thing ever. Fig, a little leopard tortoise, enjoys a good scratch on his bony bottom, wiggling back and forth to make sure his owner ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is offering a reward for information after a gopher tortoise was found completely covered in red spray paint with concrete on its limbs in Lake ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The forest hinge-back tortoise is an unusual animal whose shell can swing down 90 degrees in the rear to protect itself from predators. However, ...

She’s got a “beautiful soul” and an appetite to match. And, thanks to a few new friends, she’ll soon be walking on her own. Four mechanical engineering students at Washington State University dropped ...