Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals that are seeing their numbers decline due to the exotic pet trade.

The owner of Britain’s Guardian newspaper has confirmed that it has sold the Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper to Tortoise Media for an undisclosed fee.

State Department of Public Safety troopers recently helped rescue an escaped sulcata tortoise that was attempting to cross Interstate 10 near Picacho.

'He just got lucky'

from TXU Energy's Zoo Lights to gifts painted by sea lions -- get in the holiday spirit at the Houston Zoo

Time for a shell-ebration! One of the oldest animals at the Houston Zoo is now a dad!

For 11 years, a tortoise born with metabolic bone disease struggled to walk.

This is a tale of a wandering tortoise and three families connected by the animal’s journey. Katya reached out to the person who put up the post to ask what kind of tortoise she had lost. The Pack Family“Erin and I both, the very first thing we said is that Marlee, Marlee had a hand in that,” said Shelly Pack. While age and elements can wear on an animal and Russian tortoises often look alike, these families say Spike is finally home with the Mahaffeys and their other Russian tortoise Harold. The ConnectionIn a home video, Marlee looks through the glass of a tank with a tortoise on the other side.