Radiated tortoises make strange dancing movements in the rain that kind of looks like an attempt to avoid flash flooding in their native dry habitat of Madagascar. Studying that movement through ...

Over 9,000 of the rescued tortoises are now receiving care at a wildlife rehabilitation center in Madagascar Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

The seizure came just a day after the close of a global wildlife trade conference in Thailand last month, Thai Customs officers and their counterparts in the CITES management authority also seized 21 ...