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

Goode had a pet tortoise when he was 6 and slept with a tegu lizard in his bed as a teen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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

Give me a tiny distance, no matter how small, and I will tell you when both Achilles and the tortoise are less than that tiny distance away from the limit.

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

In February this year, customs officials seized 31 exotic animals from a passenger arriving from Bangkok, including tortoises, iguanas and snakes.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 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

A single atoll in the Seychelles serves as home to hundreds of thousands of tortoises, while millions of flamingoes flock annually to Lake Natron in Tanzania.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

His Turner Endangered Species Fund, launched in June 1997, has worked to save gopher tortoises, monarch butterflies and leopard frogs, working mainly with private landowners.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

The tortoises nibbled at the lettuce leaf Victor was holding out to them.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke