Fortunately, almost all of them were still alive. Among the most endangered kinds of tortoises is the radiated tortoise, a species endemic to the Big Island’s South. This terrestrial tortoise is ...

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

But by the end of last century, this population of the desert tortoise was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. Livestock grazing and urban development, along with the ever ...