For many species, parents stay with their young for a certain time after birth. The video below shows a heartwarming exchange between father and son, but it is an exception to the rule. It’s rare that ...

A week before Thanksgiving, Hoss, a 35-pound sulcata tortoise, slips his enclosure at Sam and Christy Wheeler’s 24-acre farm in unincorporated Hood County, and after roaming the neighborhood for three ...

After missing for three years, a tortoise was reunited with its owner with the help of Putnam County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Deputies with The Putnam County Sheriff's Office on Oct. 21 ...

A runaway tortoise has been reunited with her owners, three and a half years after going missing. The sulcata tortoise was found wandering around Putnam County, Florida, on Saturday afternoon and was ...

Crush, a missing 50 year old African spurred tortoise, has been found. After going on a romp through Cape Coral, the 55 pound giant reptile was found safely nestled in some bushes just three houses ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

A rare two-headed baby tortoise has baffled experts, who predict it's likely to live a long, healthy life despite its anomaly. The mutant tortoise has two heads and four front legs but only one set of ...

Mr. Tomas Diagne is an African freshwater turtle and tortoise expert who has been working to save threatened and endangered turtle species in Senegal for the past 20 years. He began rescuing ...

"Now he can live his 150 yrs in peace," read one comment under the post. "Someone is looking for their pet!" another commented. "That's a big turtle. Happy ending it wasn't hurt," another comment read ...

A 100-year-old pet tortoise has been successfully reunited with his family after he was found in distress in a Louisiana canal. The African spurred tortoise, named Biscuit, was found on Aug. 30 after ...

A tortoise named Moose got loose in traffic on Highway 49 in San Andreas this week, and thanks to the California Highway Patrol, Calaveras County Animal Services, and Brandon Milo with the nonprofit ...