After a female tortoise is fertilized, she undergoes several changes. After mating, the female tortoise will carry eggs for weeks to months, depending on the species. As the female tortoise gets ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – For the first time ever, the radiated tortoises at the Fort Wayne Zoo laid eggs. “We’re super excited. We like to say we’re egg-cited for the new eggs,” Jenny McFarland, an ...

A tortoise thought to be male for 41 years has laid four eggs. The pet called 'Speedy' always displayed ''male tendencies" including head-butting shoes and mounting various objects. But owner Jill ...

(SCHENECTADY, NY) There must be something in the water besides sea creatures at the Via Aquarium in Schenectady... there's been an explosion of babies! And experts aren't sure why, but have some ...

For the first time in 180 years, giant tortoises walk again on Floreana Island—in largest restoration effort ever undertaken in Galápagos.

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

Spotting a Mojave Desert tortoise is increasingly difficult in the American Southwest. The tortoises, with their unmistakable domed patterned shells, live in California, parts of Nevada, Arizona and ...

UNDY’S world-famous ‘male’ tortoise has a twin. After reading about Speedy, Jill Mancino’s misgendered egg-laying tortoise in the South Wales Argus, retired Newport singer, Karen Watkins, contacted us ...