Zoo keepers say the odds of an albino tortoise are 1 in 100,000. The white tortoise is one of two Galápagos giant tortoises ...

Watch as a curious leopard has a playful encounter with a leopard tortoise. Nature's fun at its finest! A stunning leopard lies calmly in the grass, blending effortlessly into her surroundings ...

One of two tortoises that recently hatched at Tropiquarium, a zoo in Servion, Switzerland is the first time that an albino Galápagos tortoise has been born and kept in captivity, so this little ...

A woman from California caught her pet tortoise chasing her new kitten on camera, and the internet users can't stop laughing at the reason behind this behavior. The poster, Kendall Marshall ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. The first time a tortoise walked through my hut at Middle Camp on Aldabra Atoll, I was amazed. I grabbed my camera and ...

A ranger at the MalaMala Private Game Reserve in South Africa spotted a leopard in a tree and soon realized a squirrel was in the tree, too. Then the fun began. “Being about 100 times smaller ...

The Reptiles: Turtles and Tortoises The world's nearly 300 turtle species have a remarkable range of behaviors, from wood turtles that stomp the ground to attract worms, to sea turtles that travel ...

‘See,’ said the Hare. ‘You’re all too scared to even try.’ ‘I’ll have a go,’ said the Tortoise. The Hare laughed. ‘You? The slowest creature in the whole world? I’m not wasting ...

Introduction • Key vocabulary: Africa, Jambo (‘hello’), elephant, monkey, drum, beat, leopard, lion, tortoise, selfish, Kwaheri! (‘bye!’) • Listen all ...

Turtles and tortoises, recognized for their hard shells and ancient lineage, thrive in various environments. Turtles are typically aquatic while tortoises inhabit land. These reptiles show unique ...

“Thank you for finding me,” Luis Armando Albino told his 63-year-old niece Alida Alequin, who tracked him down with the help of an online ancestry kit, old newspapers and local and federal law ...