A team of scientists from the University of Texas have found evidence of a hidden Ice Age world deep beneath the surface of the Edwards Plateau in Texas.

Reports on April Fools' Day of the death of the world’s oldest living land animal — a 193-year-old tortoise called Jonathan — ...

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy gifted Tricia Whitaker with what he thought was a turtle. It actually turned out to be ...

Christopher Jones, 39, admitted six welfare offences relating to 128 animals, including 71 rats, 22 snakes and 18 mice.

We’re curled up on the couch at the end of another long day, finally getting a little refuge from the relentless busyness of modern life. Then, the smartphone lights up, announcing itself yet again, ...

Many people are blessed to share their living and recreational spaces with a wide variety of nonhuman animals (animals). Common and attractive animals often are the ones who attract our attention.

All's well that ends well for one adorable African spurred tortoise and his family in Florida. The pet tortoise was missing after its owners briefly left their gate open while having works done on ...

Update: On Oct. 28, Indiana State Police announced the tortoises were returned unharmed. They were found in Falls Park in Pendleton. Read more here. Two critically endangered tortoises were stolen ...

A rescued gopher tortoise arrived at the Nokuse Nature Preserve in Florida’s Panhandle while my sister Erica and I were there. It didn’t know how lucky it was. Across Florida, builders are required to ...

The Trump administration has stepped up its criticism of UN peacekeeping. In a recent note to Congress it cited the failure of MINUSMA – the UN mission in Mali, which left in 2023 in haste and under ...