If you remember the scene in The Shawshank Redemption where Andy digs a hole and escapes to freedom, then you know what happened to a 200-pound tortoise before he was picked up by Dallas Animal ...

The owners of an elusive tortoise that escaped from its enclosure eight days ago have offered a £200 reward for her return. Shelly the 20-year-old Leopard Tortoise managed to scratch her way to ...

An 85-pound African spurred tortoise that escaped from her owner's backyard in North Little Rock on Thursday has been found. Chelsea Hattaway said a neighbor who lives half a mile away called on ...

Here's a hint: He has four legs, a shell, and cruises along slowly. Spike the Tortoise became a local celebrity last summer after taking daily walks with his handlers, which attracted tons of fans on ...

TULSA, OK -- He didn't set any world records, but Flash sure lived up to his name, smokin' the competition. Saturday is the 40th annual Zoo Run, and on Wednesday, the Tulsa Zoo's Aldabra tortoises got ...

GALA ON THE 25TH. AND TONIGHT IN LENEXA. A RUNAWAY PET, A RUNAWAY PET IS FINALLY BACK HOME. NOW THAT PET, A 17 YEAR OLD TORTOISE MISSING FOR NINE MONTHS. KMBC NINES PEYTON HEADLEE TELLS US HOW IT ...

So how fast can a determined tortoise go? Fast enough to make a quick getaway from their owners. We read this week in Texas Monthly that tortoise escapes are surprisingly frequent in that state in ...

Generally, tortoises do not swim, according to Andy C. Highfield, author of the Tortoise Trust Guide to Tortoises and Turtles. In the case of commonly kept pet species, "deep water is a serious hazard ...

On an interstate highway between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, drivers on their morning commute called 911 to report a runaway. A very … very … slow one. He was ...

Even though 11-year-old Shelldon isn’t toilet-trained, is really messy, sleeps five months out of the year and has a foot fetish, his adoptive family in Kaysville still adores him. “Everyone in the ...