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April 26 marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The ...

Conservationists are seething over the high likelihood that a critical habitat for desert tortoises will be impacted by a rare earth mining project. Australian mining company Dateline Resources last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents at Prestonwood Court Assisted Living in Plano are celebrating the return of Bobby, a Russian tortoise who lives in the ...

The video documents the transition of a giant tortoise into a newly expanded outdoor habitat The enclosure is designed with more space varied terrain and improved environmental conditions Initial ...

The desert tortoise, a once-resilient reptile, is a keystone species in the Mojave Desert, where other animals depend for their survival on the burrows it digs. But it is imperiled in California ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A federal judge ordered the Bureau of Land Management to close off-road vehicle trails that cut through tortoise ...

The quick escape of a stereotypically slow reptile from a shed fire is getting attention on social media. Leo, a female tortoise, tapped into her speedy side to flee flames that engulfed her backyard ...

Off-roading is now off-limits on routes spanning 1 million acres of the western Mojave Desert after a six-year legal battle over whether adding thousands of miles of new dirt roads would harm the ...

In this April 4, 2008 file photo, Marines wait for a desert tortoise to move off the road at the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File) (CN ...

An owner of a young Russian tortoise feels very loved when it reaches its neck out to kiss her nose. (ViralHog via YouTube) COZY COUCH SOMEWHERE — An owner of a young Russian tortoise feels very loved ...