Researchers assessed the health of gopher tortoises, including these two hatchlings, at two sites in southeastern Florida. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

Freshwater turtles eat insects and aquatic larvae, crustaceans and aquatic vegetation. Most Asian turtles and tortoises dig themselves nests in mud or sand to lay their eggs. The hatchlings are born ...

The temperature of the nest determines the sex of the hatchlings, with warmer nests producing females and cooler nests producing males. Once the eggs hatch, newly hatched tortoises and young ...

AZGFD hopes people will open their backyards to give surrendered tortoises a new home. After building a suitable burrow, ...

Females do not care for their young; typically, only one to five of every 100 hatchlings reach adulthood. While adult tortoises hibernate in winter, tortoises less than two or three years old are ...

Water turtles require more extensive care and are recommended to be kept outdoors to help duplicate it's natural environment, the club said. The turtle needs a large swimming area (a children's pool ...

Yards should be escape-proof to allow for the tortoise to exercise and roam freely. Hatchlings are also kept outdoors but in a predator-protected enclosure with only small areas for sun.

Officially it's called the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site, and since it was established in 2005 it has helped scientists learn how to protect a species that's threatened by human ...

Tortoises are also threatened by disease, invasive species like fire ants, and climate change. Characteristics such as delayed sexual maturity, dependence on high adult survival rates and high levels ...