NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kellie Tharp of Arizona's Game and Fish Department about what it takes to adopt a desert tortoise. The agency is trying to find homes for dozens of the reptiles.

Fig the tortoise has the ideal life — waking up late, enjoying room service, relaxing, and then going to bed at an early hour ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Generally, tortoises do not swim, according to Andy C. Highfield, ...

We all know that tortoises can live for ages, and pub quiz fans will also be aware that a tortoise is actually just what we call a land-dwelling turtle, but their cuteness when they're little was a ...

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A tortoise 'marriage' has ended after 115 years of the animals being together. Bibi and Poldi have fallen out and given up on the partnership that lasted longer than a century. The cause of the ...