The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) is seeking volunteers for its Gopher Tortoise Habitat Enhancement Project ...

A federal judge has ordered the closure of thousands of miles of off-road vehicle routes in the Mojave Desert following a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal judge has partly ruled in favor of environmental groups challenging what one called a vast "spaghetti" network of ...

As development continues across Northwest Florida, research, permitting, and on-the-ground conservation remain tightly ...

The animals are also vulnerable to a range of deadly diseases such as upper respiratory illnesses and the shell disease cutaneous dyskeratosis, which softens their shells. Finally, as climate change ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show ...

This paper describes an interdisciplinary study of the habitat requirements of threatened desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) on eight 225-ha study plots in a 14 000 ha study area near the southern ...

The Philadelphia Zoo just welcomed a new generation of slow-moving royalty — and gave them the red carpet treatment. Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises made their public debut ...

Juvenile tortoises with Floreana ancestry were brought to their native island from the Galápagos National Park’s breeding center on Santa Cruz Island, as part of ...

The Galápagos Islands are famous for their biodiversity, especially their giant tortoises. In 2000, however, scientists made a shocking discovery: a population of tortoises 70 miles away on Isabela ...

Turtles and tortoises are reptiles with hard, protective shells, but they differ significantly in habitat, anatomy, and lifestyle. Turtles are primarily aquatic or semi-aquatic, featuring streamlined ...