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A 45-pound Sulcata tortoise was found in a Clovis North-area front yard in Fresno; family cared for it and took it to Waterhouse Animal Hospital for foster care. Courtesy photo Trevor Sadler You’ve ...

A Food and Drug Administration test on a sample of lettuce from a supplier that has recalled products because of a multistate cyclosporiasis outbreak produced a false positive for the parasite, the ...

A sample of shredded iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms de Mexico has tested positive for cyclospora, federal health officials said, noting that the lettuce was collected as part of an ongoing ...

To protect the desert tortoise, a federal judge has closed more than 2,200 miles of California’s Western Mojave Desert to off-road vehicles. By the government’s own monitoring, those vehicles are ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — An African tortoise was reunited with his owners on Friday afternoon after a group of Grand Rapids neighbors found him in the area and banded together to save him. Alaina Burgess ...

A day after a resident tortoise at a community pet shop went missing, the Colorado Springs Police Department returned him safely home. America’s favorite compact SUV just ditched the gas-only option ...

When this tortoise gets wet, something absolutely adorable happens. His human has been watching it get more and more impressive every year. The internet watched it happen once and immediately had the ...

Jonathan the tortoise, the ancient reptile mistakenly declared dead back on April Fools' Day, is not only still alive, but has earned another accolade. Born before 1832 – thus, he's at least 194 years ...

June 17 (UPI) --The world's oldest living land animal, a tortoise named Jonathan, extended his record to 194 years and was officially named a Guinness World Records Icon. The record-keeping ...

Surrendered desert tortoises need homes in Arizona, according to the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Captive tortoises cannot be released into the wild because they can spread disease, Arizona Game ...

For decades, Texas tortoises were taken from the wild and kept as backyard pets. Now, 180 of them are being prepared for a second chance. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says the captive ...