Learn about the moderate risks, conservation concerns, and long-term care responsibilities of keeping an African sulcata ...

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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 ...

Slow but steady takes the spotlight as Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary opens Tortoise Bluff, a half-acre habitat built for 12 Sulcata tortoises in the sanctuary’s care. This content was contributed by a ...

Good morning. I'm David Greene. Seventy-four days after a daring escape, Solomon, an African sulcata tortoise, has finally returned home. Solomon's long travels took him, well, less than a mile from ...

Krystle Gaiser can laugh about her trickster goats now, but Tuesday her escape-artist pets ‒ which are occasionally able to open their pen ‒ also freed the family's African sulcata tortoise. He took ...

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 ...

Mongo COLLINSVILLE — The next time you see Chris Poiter and Mongo around Collinsville, feel free to stop and greet them. Mongo, a 35-pound male sulcata tortoise, is a fan of his Collinsville neighbors ...

EASTVALE (CBSLA) — A large tortoise found wandering the streets of Eastvale Easter Sunday has been reunited with his family. King, a Sulcata tortoise, was found in the middle of an Eastvale Street by ...