While the average lifespan of North America's largest and most rare tortoise species is unknown, biologists have said it could span upward of a century. So saving the endangered species is a long ...
As this keystone species' name suggests, the gopher tortoise is an expert at living underground — like a gopher. Gopher tortoises have shovel-like front legs and strong, thick back legs to help them ...
Desert tortoises have lived in the deserts of California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah since the Pleistocene. In the early years of the 20th century, they still thrived within the Southwest's arid ...
A routine field survey in rural Georgia went in an odd direction when researchers sent a spy camera into a tortoise burrow ...
We may earn a commission from links on this page. An artist’s impression of Ekgmowechashala, an ancient North American primate. Illustration: Kristen Tietjen, scientific illustrator with the KU ...
The researchers said the most imminent threat is posed by the many thousands of species that are naturalized outside their ...
Naturalized species, which are not native but have established themselves in new locations, have the potential to spread even further to suitable habitats in many parts of the world, reports a new ...
Genetic tests have confirmed that a giant tortoise found on the Galápagos Islands is from a species which scientists thought had died out more than a century ago. The single female was discovered ...
Who hasn’t heard of Leonardo, Donnatelo, Raphael and Michaelangelo? This is not about the famous artists. It is about the ...
The American Ornithological Society is planning to rename dozens of bird species native to the U.S. and Canada, especially those named after humans -- including some unsavory characters.
Montana Republican U.S. Reps. Matt Rosendale and Ryan Zinke and U.S. Sen. Steve Daines want the Biden administration to delay ...
Naturalized species, which are not native but have established themselves in new locations, have the potential to spread even further to suitable habitats in many parts of the world, reports a new ...
