Another unusual trait about hingeback tortoises is their dietary habits. While most tortoises stick with an herbivorous diet (some species may occasionally scavenge on carrion), these reptiles are ...

A giant tortoise whose legendary libido has been credited with saving his species from extinction is to return to the wild on the Galápagos Islands. Diego was among 14 male tortoises selected to ...

Genetic tests have confirmed that a giant tortoise found on the Galápagos Islands is from a species which scientists thought had died out more than a century ago. The single female was discovered ...

Among the several tortoise species that were exported by breeding farms include Bell’s hinge- back tortoise, Speke’s hinge-back tortoise and leopard tortoise. Globally, chameleons are among ...