San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Wildlife experts were hopeful that the tortoises — the first in a headstart program to return to the wild after receiving a combination of indoor and outdoor ...

Poaching has become the "greatest threat" to tortoises, as tens of thousands are stolen from the wild annually. Many tortoises are critically endangered. More than half of the 360 turtle and ...

The tortoises were bred in captivity to repopulate the islands after their numbers in the wild went down to just 15 individuals, said park director Danny Rueda. There are now more than 2,000 of ...

There are more tortoises than humans on this UNESCO World Heritage Site – in fact, it’s home to the largest wild Aldabra giant tortoise population in the world Esmeralda is a rather remarkable ...