For many species, parents stay with their young for a certain time after birth. The video below shows a heartwarming exchange between father and son, but it is an exception to the rule. It’s rare that ...

Tortoise Gets Stuck Under the Table and Unknowingly Drags Dinner Away From the Family originally appeared on PetHelpful. Sometimes pets don’t realize just how big they are and end up wedged in the ...

An Arizona driver recently called 911 about a fellow traveler going slow enough along Interstate 10 that it was an emergency. But it’s hard to blame the dangerous dawdler: a giant tortoise. Stitch, a ...

Grandmother Jackie Leek has struck up a remarkable bond with a giant tortoise which she takes everywhere with her – including down the pub. Jackie, 58, first bought the African sulcata tortoise she ...

PLAIN TWP. ‒ Deputies from the Stark County Sheriff's Office caught an unusual escapee on Aug. 26: an adult Sulcata tortoise that was traveling down 31st Street NE. "After a very slow pursuit of about ...

The tortoise saves itself in this one. Watch the terrestrial reptile make a hasty exit after a shed fire broke out on Super Bowl Sunday.

Going on caravan holidays, strolling along stunning beaches and joining locals for a boozy night out at the pub - this is the ...

Good morning. I'm David Greene. Seventy-four days after a daring escape, Solomon, an African sulcata tortoise, has finally returned home. Solomon's long travels took him, well, less than a mile from ...

PICACHO, Ariz. (AP) — How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway? It’s still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper ...