The different species vary in size, with the largest being the Burmese mountain tortoise (also known as the Asian brown tortoise). It reaches up to 60cm in length and weighs up to 20-37kg. Most Asian ...

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 ...

Originally, there were 14 different giant tortoise species here. Sadly, two are now extinct, including the last Pinta Island ...

According to a report by Mongabay, two species of critically ... and 10 Asian giant tortoises (Manouria emys phayrei) were ...