Who knew a tortoise could feel through its shell? Find out why most of what we think we know about tortoise shells is ...

European supermajor Shell has signed a contract with Aberdeen-headquartered Stena Drilling for the charter of the drillship Stena DrillMax to carry out an exploration campaign offshore Suriname.

Meylan would drill tiny holes in the side of each shell to identify specific animals. His team marked hundreds over the years. The tortoises found on Fort De Soto had the clear markings from ...

When it was erected in 2019, the giant shell over the damaged nuclear reactor in Chernobyl was one of the biggest structures ever moved by humans. In February a Russian drone put a hole in it.

Gopher tortoises are disappearing from Florida, primarily because of habitat destruction that's often tied to residential development. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission via Flickr ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is “overjoyed” at ...

Two endangered Galapagos tortoises have become parents for the first time at nearly the age of 100, the Philadelphia Zoo has announced. The zoo said it was "overjoyed" to see female Mommy and male ...

Oslo-listed Subsea7 has won a contract valued at up to $150 million for the transportation and installation of the floating production system for Shell’s Sparta ultra-deepwater field development ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement on Friday ...

Only forty-four of these tortoises existed in American zoos before this hatching. The arrival of these newborns is a harbinger of a better future and fresh genetic diversity. The team was over the ...