An African tortoise that ran, or walked slowly, away from his Clearwater home earlier this month has been reunited with his ...

Splish splash, Ferb the African Spur Tortoise was back home taking a bath Thursday. You won’t find anyone more excited about that than Zaidi. “I can’t explain to you any of that,” she said.

After officers could "corral the critter," they discovered the animal was an African-spurred tortoise and said they didn't know if it escaped from someone's home or was dumped by someone in the area.

A woman reportedly called police after she came across the African spurred tortoise in the parking lot of an apartment complex on Greenlea Drive. Once they arrived, officers said they found the ...

Alagba is not a giant tortoise. After looking at photos, Mr Skelton categorised Alagba as an African spur-thighed tortoise. John Wilkinson, a professional herpetologist - an expert in reptiles ...

Thieves using wheelbarrows have stolen four large tortoises from a Dorset college. The African spurred tortoises, three female and one male, were taken from a shed on the site of Kingston Maurward ...

(KFOR) — After more than two months of searching, an Oklahoma woman’s pet tortoise had been found, only about 100 feet from home. In late August, Cherrie Zaidi put her two African Spur ...