"That thing literally said Hello. Play back the video," one user wrote. Another added: "A thing of nightmares!" ...

By the time the oldest human dies, odds are there's a giant tortoise out there somewhere who'll live twice as long as they did. Hailing from the Indian Ocean and the Galapagos islands, giant tortoises ...

Sadly gopher tortoises are struggling to survive as their habitat is destroyed for urban development. They need large, unfragmented parcels of undeveloped land, so any disruptions or barriers in their ...

Under the unyielding desert sun, a quiet yet fierce struggle for survival is underway. Here, among the creosote bushes and ...

Hunting Local people in southern Asian countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh have traditionally collected local tortoise and turtle species for food. However, higher ...

Gopher tortoises are severely threatened by development-caused habitat loss and fragmentation. This limits food availability and options for burrow sites, which exposes them to being crushed in their ...