KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian authorities say they have seized 330 exotic tortoises from Madagascar worth 1.2 million ringgit ($276,721) in the latest heist of illegal wildlife and animal parts ...

Master Oogway, the newest resident at the Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, is a foot-stool sized South American yellow-footed tortoise. Just don’t tell Master Oogway that. The tortoise, found wandering ...

What was a tortoise native to the Sahara Desert doing in the streets of Mount Dora? City officials would like to know. An African spurred tortoise was sighted roaming the roads twice last week before ...

More than 1,500 exotic turtles and tortoises were found bound by duct tape in luggage at an airport in the Philippines over the weekend after they were reportedly smuggled onto a flight from China.

Some Galápagos giant tortoises are developing a taste for exotic cuisine—invasive plants that people have unwittingly brought to the volcanic islands off Ecuador, a new study says. Fewer than 20,000 ...

The import of exotic tortoises requires a special permit from Malaysia's Wildlife Department. No arrests were made and the case is still under investigation, Abdull Wahid said. Two weeks ago, airport ...

Deputy Customs Director, Abdul Wahid Sulong shows off seized Ploughshare, right and Indian Star, left, tortoise after a press conference at Customs office in Sepang, Malaysia, Malaysia on Monday, May ...