Female Tortoises Walk Off Cliffs to Avoid Overwhelming Sexual Aggression from Males, Study Finds

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

Constant sexual aggression drives female tortoises to walk off cliffs

Golem Grad, an uninhabited island in a country that once was part of Yugoslavia is crawling with about 1,000 Hermann’s ...

Female tortoises walk off cliffs to avoid sexually aggressive males, says study

A new study suggests that sexual aggression may be the reason why female tortoises walk off cliffs. The researchers behind ...
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This iconic tortoise is dying out. It could affect the whole ecosystem

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...