After a gopher tortoise was recently struck by a car, East Lee Wildlife Stewardship Group wants Lee County to install signs for gopher tortoise crossings. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon: 'I'm not ...

Giant tortoise makes a break for it — and is captured three miles away A giant tortoise made a (slow) run for it and was found trying to cross an interstate in Arizona.

A sulcata tortoise escaped its habitat at an ostrich ranch and attempted to cross Interstate 10 before being rescued by Arizona state troopers.

Sammy, a South American red-footed tortoise, sits on Kenisyn Maze after she and her mother, Jenny, found it crossing Blennerhassett Avenue in Belpre. They reunited Sammy with an elated Ray Swick.

Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A pet tortoise who went missing from his owner's home turned up two days later on the other side of a busy interstate. The Portland Police Bureau said members of the East Precinct ...