tortoise

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An Australian company has launched a rare earths mining project just outside Joshua Tree National Park in critical desert tortoise habitat, an area the company’s director refers to as an “emerging heavy rare earth district.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Alfie is a pet tortoise who lives on Mrs. Silver’s balcony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The reintroduction follows a "back-breeding" programme launched in 2017 after scientists discovered tortoises carrying ancestry of the Floreana giant tortoise on nearby Isabela island.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

Each tortoise underwent an extensive quarantine and was microchipped for identification before their release, it said.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Gingersnipes said, “And that’s great for you, rock belly, but you are a tortoise and Clare is a fox. Different, see? Foxes love their mothers, and tortoises throw themselves parties for simply being alive.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman