The best way to celebrate Gopher Tortoise Day is to ensure there are more gopher tortoises across their natural range in the ...

The fenced-in area, with a portion of it open air and another area covered, is located near the flamingo enclosure near the ...

5. Shell Colors and Patterns Serve as Camouflage The colors and patterns of a tortoise’s shell often serve as camouflage, ...

Sadly gopher tortoises are struggling to survive as their habitat is destroyed for urban development. They need large, unfragmented parcels of undeveloped land, so any disruptions or barriers in their ...

Observed annually on 23 May, World Turtle Day aims to highlight the urgent need to protect turtles, tortoises, and their ...

Following the viral arrival of the four critically-endangered tortoise hatchlings earlier this year, the zoo has just ...

officials have identified the most valuable tortoise habitat and set aside 43,800 acres of restricted areas that protect the species, as well as other natural and cultural resources, he says.

This post from Dna Reptiles (@dna_reptiles) on TikTok demonstrates how gopher tortoise habitats were destroyed ... the division of an animal's natural range by development — also makes it ...

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said the National Recovery and Conservation Action Plan (2025-2035) is designed to protect the pancake tortoise, or Malacochersus tornieri, which is endemic to arid ...

The desert tortoise population has now declined to unsustainable ... The mission of CNPS is to conserve California native plants and their natural habitats, and to increase the understanding, ...

One of the natural forest enclosures at the TSA’s Androy tortoise rescue center. Image by Carolyn Cowan for Mongabay. Amid the habitat loss and relentless poaching pressure, coupled with ...

Over time, parts of the subcontinent became arid and encouraged the growth of savannahs and open grasslands in northwestern and peninsular India, which are now the tortoises’ natural habitats.