The 3-D designers took photographs of Freddy and a healthy tortoise and then used computer programming to design a custom prosthetic shell that was printed, layer by layer, by a 3-D printer.

A wayward tortoise that cracked its shell after falling off a 10-foot wall in California is recovering this week from a three-hour operation that cost $4,000.

A Pahrump man was arrested after a desert tortoise was found in a bucket of water with holes drilled into its shell.

The reminder comes after a female gopher tortoise was found in Florida with a pink design and flowers airbrushed onto its shell.

The landmarked Tammany Hall on Union Square will be topped by a glass tortoise shell-inspired dome, but it will not be the "egregiously large" design originally proposed by BKSK Architects. After ...

A giant tortoise with a big hole in its shell has been fitted with a specially made fibre-glass 'crash helmet' by vets while the hole heals.

Bill Gates is ready to shell out some big bucks for an improvement on condoms, which were once made from goat bladders.