With his long leathery neck, dull-yellow face and beady eyes, there’s just something about Diego. A tortoise more than 100 years old, Diego has had little trouble mating. A member of Chelonoidis ...

Clark County commissioners voted last week to stop picking up and caring for unwanted pet Mojave Desert tortoises as of the end of the year. The county has been funding the care of the cast-off ...

The sexually rampant and undeniably proud dad, Diego, is a legend when it comes to giant tortoises. He and his shy friend are responsible for the entire population rebound of giant tortoises on ...

When you hear the signature roars of Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion — the three key dragon cast members in "Game of Thrones" — tortoise sex is probably the furthest thing from your mind. And yet, ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - A Las Vegas nonprofit wants to stop the backyard breeding of tortoises. Tortoise Group Board Chair, Laura Deitsch, says right now there are about 150,000 pet tortoises in the ...

Diego, the Galápagos tortoise from the San Diego Zoo who helped save his species from extinction in a conservancy program on the Galápagos Islands, will be released into the wild in Española to enjoy ...

ATLANTA — (CNN) You may have heard of Diego the Galapagos tortoise by now — the legendary Casanova that did God’s work and single-handledly saved his species from extinction by fathering more than 800 ...

The reptile is believed to be responsible for 40 percent of the tortoise population on Española Island A Galápagos tortoise named Diego is heading into retirement as one proud dad. The reptile, who is ...