DESCRIPTION: The desert tortoise is terrestrial, with an oblong, domed shell and round, elephantine hind legs. Males may be slightly larger than females; average lengths range between six and 14.6 ...

We met with Wolf on a recent sun-baked Arizona day when we picked up our desert tortoise, now named Dotty for the light brown spots on her shell. Dotty is about a foot (30 centimeters) long ...

Robinson, a Sonoran desert tortoise, has become a favorite among ... While he’s as sprightly as a tortoise can be, his ...

(AP) — How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other ... Troopers saw the name “Stitch” labeled across the tortoise’s shell and contacted an ostrich ranch that was ...

The Bolson tortoise once roamed the Chihuahuan Desert from Mexico all the way to ... when a group of Zoologists discovered an unusual shell in Mexico. Because tortoises live such long lives ...