tortoise

They suggest that A. syrax could become a flagship species for conservation in the region, joining other rare animals found there, including the Asian forest tortoise, Oldham's leaf turtle and the Indochinese tiger.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Suez, which runs the facility, sent out emails asking customers who had been at the centre on Tuesday if they had lost a tortoise.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Godzilla the rescue Sulcata tortoise lounged in a tidy shaded yard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

That motto, and the company’s approach, has led some to call Blue Origin the tortoise to SpaceX’s hare.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

But the tortoise lumbers ahead in that time by an eighth of a foot.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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

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

Bernard lives next to the project site and has documented multiple desert tortoises on and around her property — including Squiggles, who was given the nickname for leaving wavy tracks in the sand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 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

Someday these answers may seem as obvious to us as the earth orbiting the sun—or perhaps as ridiculous as a tower of tortoises.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking