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.

Moraes said the process for printing a 3-D tortoise shell is "relatively simple." The 3-D designers took photographs of Freddy and a healthy tortoise and then used computer programming to design a ...

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.