Sonoran desert tortoises have emerged from hibernation this spring, and many of them are in need of a place to call home. Arizona Game and Fish is offering free adoptions of these captive reptiles ...

You can bring your desert tortoises and box turtles in for a health check-up Sunday afternoon at the Arizona Exotic Animal Hospital in Phoenix. Valley and Tucson reptile veterinary specialists are ...

I'm not used to feeling jealous of tortoises, but this sure has been a banner week for it. First, of course, there was this interspecies game of tag between a tortoise and a dog that caused an ...

This research examined the onset, duration, and termination of hibernation in Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) over several years at multiple sites in the northeastern part of their geographic ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- We will soon begin to see some of Minnesota's most-beloved creatures come out of hibernation. Different species of bats, bears, turtles and snakes all hibernate here, and many ...

Behavior of young tortoises released from seminatural nurseries could be affected by the length of time spent within the nursery before release. We tested whether neonate (under two months) and ...

DESCRIPTION: The desert tortoise is terrestrial, with an oblong, domed shell and round, elephantine hind legs. Males may be slightly larger than females; average lengths range between six and 14.6 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Unlike bears, which have to find a safe den, or many kinds of snakes, salamanders and frogs that migrate to particular dens or ponds to hibernate, local turtles have a ...