Giant Tortoise Getting a ‘Shell Rub’ at the Nashville Zoo Is Bringing on the Smiles originally appeared on PetHelpful. Just like us, animals enjoy a little pampering now and then. A soothing massage ...

A tortoise in Brazil just received a unique gift: a 3D printed shell. The tortoise, named Fred, was found with 85% of its shell burnt in a forest fire. The group who came to Fred’s rescue, called the ...

Herman is a gopher tortoise that is recovering after he was hit by a car. Herman is missing pieces of his shell from the impact. He was taken in by The Ark Wildlife Care and Sanctuary, and their ...

THE ACREAGE, Fla. (AP) — Lenard Hughes has a small statue of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, watching over his small menagerie in the home he shares with his wife Roseanne in The ...

Cleopatra’s pyramids needed protection and Colorado Technical University came to the rescue with a 3-D printed prosthesis. Cleopatra, a teenage leopard tortoise from Golden, Colo., recently received a ...

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 ...

The tortoise looked like Freddy Krueger before his new shell. — -- A tortoise has a second chance in life after a team of designers in Brazil custom-made a shell for the reptile, which was badly ...