The Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota), a medium-sized tortoise found only in Myanmar's central dry zone, has been brought back from the brink of extinction thanks to an aggressive ...

The San Antonio Zoo says it has achieved a “significant milestone” in its quest to help ensure the survival of an animal currently being exploited in the wild. The zoo announced this week that 22 ...

The Burmese star tortoise was almost history. By the early 2000s, the natives of central Myanmar’s deserts had dwindled to such low counts in the wild that ecologists declared them functionally ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Two people were arrested in Thailand in connection with a group of stolen Burmese star tortoises, a critically endangered ...

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Thailand officials were first tipped off about some Facebook posts offering critically endangered Burmese star tortoises for sale in October 2015. On December 22, the officials raided the home of the ...

I am in the Minsontaung Wildlife Sanctuary in central Myanmar, where an ambitious project is under way to return captive-bred, critically endangered Burmese star tortoises (Geochelone platynota) to ...

BIRD ISLAND -- Many are the stories about the pet owner who fell for the pleading eyes of a puppy dog, only to have the animal take over his home and life. Glen Jacobsen and his wife, Donna, can ...