tortoise

Designed by Gaudí, the Nativity façade is both naturalistic and overflowing with natural imagery: lilies and palm trees, a tortoise and sea turtle, insects and frogs, sheep and ducks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Environmental groups said the plan threatens local wildlife, since six pumps would need to be built in desert tortoise habitats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

“We have a healthy tortoise of an economy,” said David Kelly, J.P.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Forbes calls that “the tortoise and hare approach.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

Most of the people in my village finally decided that the man had chosen wisely, but everyone kept talking about what the tortoise had said.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

It might be those ploughshare tortoises, 75 of which were stolen from a successful Madagascar breeding facility in 1996, rendering them virtually extinct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

What happens to the endangered desert tortoises is awful.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Turtles and tortoises rarely develop the disease, but a white and yellow leopard gecko known in the pet trade as the "lemon frost" morph develops aggressive tumors in about 80% of individuals.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

Galapagos tortoises are trained to step onto scales, for example, the lions and tigers to present their tails so blood tests and skin samples can be taken.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

It was eleven o'clock when Victor finally said goodbye, swaying gently, driven home by his guilty conscience to his hungry tortoises.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke