Betty White spent the winter hiding from the authorities. The roughly 20-year-old female Russian tortoise (Testudo ...

Even small routines can reveal surprising levels of detail. Lucie shared a time-lapse video of her cleaning her tortoise's enclosure out. The video compresses the process into a rapid sequence: old ...

(CNN) — A 200-pound tortoise broke out of his enclosure, evaded capture for two days and wound up over 30 miles away from his Alabama home. It’s fitting that his name is Sparkplug. The surprisingly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mr. Potato Head, the El Paso Zoo's oldest resident, has revitalized digs, where he can roam on fresh grass, take a muddy dip in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's not exactly a secret that tortoises can be slow. Anyone would get tired of lugging around a giant shell, but fortunately, ...