A Look Inside the Intimidating Mouth of a Leatherback Sea Turtle

The ocean is home to an extreme variety of species and animals. This diversity results in amazing adaptations and appearances ...

Sea turtle shells reveal hidden records of ocean change

Techniques developed to study the distant past—from dating ancient artifacts to reconstructing climate records in ice ...
KERO-TV

New tortoise-focused reptile sanctuary in Onyx aims to gives animals best life possible

Joshua Tree Reptile Haven is a new rescue and non-profit that takes in various reptiles, but focuses on tortoises. ONYX, Calif. (KERO) — Dana and Amanda Epps run the Joshua Tree Reptile sanctuary in ...
Morning Call PA

Owners shell out for baby tortoises, then abandon them when they grow up, and get much, much bigger

An ocean and thousands of miles separate Western Pennsylvania and Saharan Africa, but surprisingly, they share a resident — the sulcata tortoise. In recent years, sulcatas have crowded reptile rescues ...

Pit bull gently shares food with pet turtle in adorable video

"She’s just feeding her pet," commented one user on the social-media video that has more than 371,000 views.

Runaway Tortoise's Great Escape and Slow-Speed Chase Ends with a Police Escort Home

Officers on the scene joked that the rescue turned into an "unexpected workout" ...
WBAL-TV

Dean's Turtle Farm in Westminster offers sanctuary for shelled reptiles

THEY’RE REALLY NEAT LOOKING. THEY’RE REALLY USUALLY VERY FRIENDLY TO INTERACT WITH, BUT THEY JUST LOOK LIKE LITTLE DINOSAURS. THESE ARE SULCATA TORTOISES, THE BIG ONES WITH THE BUMPY SHELLS. AND BOY, ...