Jonathan the Seychelles giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea hololissa) was born. Although his exact birthdate is unknown, ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WWSB) - Move over Ninja Turtles--there’s a new tortoise in town. Actually, Ninja is old--it takes years for a tortoise to get his size. Jonathan Rodriguez has had him for five years, ...

This giant tortoise faced a tragic downfall when whalers and shipmen killed them in the 1800s to use as a food resource. Likely endangered, fishermen continued to exploit these tortoises in the 19th ...

Surprisingly, Alagba was not a giant tortoise as one would expect due to its age but it was categorised as an African spur-thighed tortoise.

Exotic pet insurance is insurance for pets other than a dog, cat, or horse; all others are considered exotic. Such pets can ...

When Guilbeault saw Damian again, he was visibly older and scruffier than he had been eight years earlier, but he was ...

PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Caitlin Doran is known to her millions of followers on social media for positive and uplifting videos of her and Tiptoe, her 175-pound pet tortoise.

Concealed in her luggage, the tortoises were destined for the illegal exotic pet trade. Following her arrest ... radiated tortoises, and Aldabra giant tortoises, all of which are protected under the ...

Radiated and spider tortoises are critically endangered in Madagascar because of habitat destruction and poaching. They are eaten, but also illegally trafficked to be sold as pets because of the ...

SADDLE BROOK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Police say they are searching for a man who stole a parrot from a bird store in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, last week. Video showed the parrot being taken after ...

They included endangered or vulnerable species such as pancake tortoises, radiated tortoises and Aldabra giant tortoises ... from the wild for sale as exotic pets. The smuggler fled Thailand ...