The main difference between the two is their modes of life: All tortoises are terrestrial whereas other types of turtles can be aquatic or semi-aquatic. Besides this, tortoises have a number of ...

Certain types of tortoises and turtles can continue to grow and live for decades under the right circumstances, the study found. A new study using data collected at Santa Rosa’s Safari West ...

Across the board, all types of turtles showed high longevity and extremely low aging rates. That doesn’t necessarily clash with the high aging rates that Colchero and da Silva found in two ...

There were plenty of reptiles, including a bald python, alligators and crocodiles and several different types of tortoises. The event ran from 10 a.m. through 4 p.m. 13WMAZ+ ...