Scientists predict that the last female tortoise on the island of Golem Grad in North Macedonia will die in 2083 ...

Study Finds Female Tortoises Choose To Fall Off Cliffs Over Mating Pressure ...

Sexual aggression displayed by male tortoises is both physically and mentally hampering female tortoises on the island of ...

A new study suggests that sexual aggression may be the reason why female tortoises walk off cliffs. The researchers behind ...

During a solar eclipse, Galapagos tortoises show strange and fascinating behaviour. They mate, lift their heads, and seem to stare at the sky. Scientists say this rare reaction highlights how cosmic ...

Ravens threaten Mojave Desert tortoises, and solutions call on shifts in human behavior. Ravens threaten Mojave Desert tortoises, and solutions call on shifts in human behavior. While they are one of ...

On a remote island in North Macedonia, male Hermann’s tortoises outnumber females 19 to 1, an imbalance driving the population to extinction.

What do you think of when you hear the word “tortoise”? The giant tortoises that lumber along like tanks over the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean? The gopher ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada transportation officials have completed dozens of tunnels and what are called turnarounds, to protect the federally-protected Mojave desert tortoise population, which is ...