Most people assume tortoises are slow, plodding animals that would be among the last to escape danger. A three-year-old tortoise named Leo from Fullerton, California, turned that assumption completely ...

Giant tortoises have returned to Floreana Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago as conservationists release 158 juvenile ...

Mojave Desert tortoises are endangered. Before they disappear completely, officials have to do something to protect them.

In a significant decision that affects off-road vehicle recreation in the western Mojave Desert, a federal judge has ...

The feds and environmental groups reignite a decades-long fight over how much development a conservation area — and the desert tortoise it was created to protect — can withstand as southwest Utah ...