The Colossal Foundation announced a $500,000, five-year commitment to the Turner Endangered Species Fund to advance the ...

The Colossal Foundation, the 501(c)(3) charitable organization associated with Colossal, the de-extinction company, announced ...

The Turtle Back Zoo this year joined the relatively few U.S. zoos — perhaps a dozen or fewer among the 250 accredited by the ...

ENGLE, N.M. — While the average lifespan of North America’s largest and most rare tortoise species is unknown, biologists have said it could span upward of a century. So saving the endangered species ...

The Floreana giant tortoise — a species that drew interest from Charles Darwin and that was long believed to be extinct — has a shot at revival thanks to restoration efforts underway in the Galapagos ...

While both belong to the same scientific order (Testudines), they’ve evolved in unique ways depending on where they live and ...

A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida’s Panhandle while my sister Erica and I were there. It didn’t know how lucky it was. Across Florida, builders are required to ...

Two conservation groups Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging a decision by federal wildlife officials to reject listing gopher tortoises as endangered or threatened species, saying the burrowing ...

SAN ANTONIO – One of the largest tortoise species in the world will soon call SeaWorld San Antonio home. The Aldabra tortoise is found naturally on Aldabra Island, one of the Seychelles islands in the ...

Scientists say a tortoise discovered in 2019 on the Galapagos Islands belongs to a species considered extinct more than 100 years ago. The single female tortoise belongs to the species Chelonoidis ...

When a small female tortoise was spotted in 2019 on the inaccessible volcanic island of Fernandina in the Galapagos, researchers were shocked. Previously, only one other tortoise, a large male loner, ...