Extreme heat. No water. No food. How do they do it?

With natural UV-B and Infra-Red Super-effective outdoor housing for tortoises in colder climates Lumisol UV-B transmitting sheet on...

The Horsfield's tortoise: Testudo horsfieldii (GRAY) 1844 - History in the pet trade, ecology and biology, captive breeding,frequently...

A wild Testudo hermanni hermanni grazes on low-lying vegetation. Updated Tortoise Trust guidelines for: Feeding Leopard tortoises -...

Measuring Relative Humidity and Temperature Temperature, lighting and humidity are critical environmental factors that profoundly affect...

Fruit for Arid Habitat Tortoises - 'Treat' or Tragedy? A Centrochelys sulcata gorges on ripe water melons... what are the risks in this?...

Faecal pellet from wild Testudo graeca graeca revealing incredibly high long-fibre content. It has long been recognised that dietary...

Do semi-arid habitat tortoises use 'Humid hides' in the wild? Are they necessary in captivity? Does the 'closed chamber' method have any...

A very common question among keepers... answered. Captive Testudo hermanni boettgeri (Eastern Hermann's tortoise) with a typically...

A brief introduction to some field measurements in mid-March, taken in Almeria, Southern Spain. In this video, we also briefly discuss...

Why avoiding growth deformity is so very important A typical example of not only raised scute growth (commonly known as 'pyramiding') but...

A Testudo graeca graeca lays her eggs. Failure to provide adequate nesting sites in captivity can have serious consequences for heath,...

Post-Hibernation Anorexia (PHA) All-too-often a 'diagnosis' of PHA is arrived at without sufficient understanding of what this actually...

For many years now, a continuous period of 14 years, we have carefully collected temperature data from literally right next to...

For those interested in the general ecology, physical characteristics and behaviours of Testudo (graeca) ibera - of which more in a...

In 2002 the Tortoise Trust launched the world's very first online course on tortoises and turtles. It is now 2024 - and it's back! Fully...

A massive trauma and a wild T estudo hermann i found in a field in Greece. The tortoise was active, feeding, and had clearly sustained...

“Nocturnal activity in the terrestrial tortoises is practically nonexistent. Although some hot desert species like the spurred tortoise...

Testudo graeca graeca habitat, Southern Spain There is a trend in some places to keep tortoises (and other reptiles) in entirely...

The question of what to feed in winter if for some reason it is necessary to keep Mediterannean tortoises active for health reasons,...