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 ...

Ownership of a tortoise, like life itself, has its downsides. Mona Heflin knows both well. Slim Shady, her roughly 70-pound, 22-year-old sulcata tortoise, farts loudly, sometimes knocks her down and ...

A 40kg giant tortoise looking for his forever home will appear at Norfolk Tortoise Club’s summer open day in Hethersett.

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State wildlife officials are looking for new homes in Arizona for surrendered desert tortoises. The Arizona Game and Fish Department said in a mid-May Facebook post that rows of captive desert ...