An ocean and thousands of miles separate Western Pennsylvania and Saharan Africa, but surprisingly, they share a resident — the sulcata tortoise. In recent years, sulcatas have crowded reptile rescues ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

A Hope Township resident is desperately searching for a non-aggressive, 14-inch, 35-pound pet sulcata tortoise that escaped from Hull and 5 Mile roads Saturday, pushing through a plank. “He's dear to ...

You know how stories sometimes get bigger with the telling until they reach almost legendary proportions; well one man said his pet turtle is so big he walks it on a leash. That may be an exaggeration ...

Stuart, a 45-year-old female box turtle, could live until she is 80 years old. Azzy, a 17-year-old sulcata tortoise, could live to be 150. Stuart and Azzy are among about 250 turtles and tortoises ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When a malnourished tortoise named Mikey landed on a new owner’s doorstep in 2009, he found a second chance. Many other turtles and tortoises aren’t so lucky ...