The 12,000 radiated and spider tortoises that were housed at the Lavavolo Tortoise Center faced a new and unexpected ordeal ...

Flood waters engulfed the sanctuary, and the tortoises — many of them mere whippersnappers in the tortoise world at about ...

More than 100 baby tortoises, most of them dead, have been returned to Tanzania from Thailand as evidence in a case against a ...

As solar energy farms continue to pop up across the Mojave Desert, some residents are being squeezed out of their homes: the ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from ...

The community near the Lavavolo Tortoise Center in southern Madagascar pulled together to help the creatures who were left ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from ...

A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises that were swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their lives in floods ...

The rescued tortoises included several endangered or vulnerable species, such as pancake tortoises, radiated tortoises, and ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A community in southern Madagascar has pulled together to save thousands of critically endangered tortoises swept away from their sanctuary and left swimming for their ...

Most of the tortoises at Lavavolo are radiated tortoises, which are native to Madagascar. They generally grow to about 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) in length but are long-lived and can reach 100 ...