Like many threatened land turtle species, the spur-thighed tortoise had no complete genome. For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the genome of the spur-thighed tortoise, using ...

The spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) is one of the most iconic land tortoise species in the Mediterranean basin. The description of this species' genome is a critical scientific milestone, as ...

A tortoise the size of a rugby ball crawled out of nowhere and introduced itself to astonished Bryan Park visitors Sunday — about 6,000 miles from its native habitat. The African spur-thigh tortoise ...

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - A three-foot python and 50-pound African spur thigh tortoise are receiving care at Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department's animal shelter after being captured in ...

There are some new residents at the Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo this summer. The zoo welcomed eight African spur thigh tortoises as their temporary home. All of the tortoises are rescues, bought in by ...