After a female tortoise is fertilized, she undergoes several changes. After mating, the female tortoise will carry eggs for weeks to months, depending on the species. As the female tortoise gets ...

Animal care officers took the tortoise to Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation in San Antonio, where the animal's owners reclaimed the reptile Alexandra Schonfeld is a staff editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

They have stumpy legs with strong feet designed for digging massive holes in sandy dunes. Gopher tortoises are among Florida's most ancient-looking critters, and they thrive at places like Bowditch ...

GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL) — In this summer’s dig at the Gray Fossil Site, excavators are uncovering pieces to puzzles from millions of years ago. As of Wednesday, crews were digging out pieces of a newly ...

Visitors to a San Antonio park came across an unexpected walker: a tortoise weighing at least 50 lbs. wandering along a trail. According to a Facebook post from the City of San Antonio Animal Care ...