One of children's television's best loved pets has died after 22 years as a screen star. George the Blue Peter tortoise died of old age last week and will be buried in the show's BBC garden in a ...

Jeremy, a 30-year-old tortoise that gained a cult following on the internet, has been reported missing by owners of the Blue Heron Farm in Waller. Lately, the tortoise has become famous for his ...

Freda the Blue Peter tortoise finally gets to see something other than the inside of a box, as John Noakes takes her to Oxford for a race. But Freda seems less than keen to work up a sweat. BBC ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 9 (UPI) --Florida wildlife officials said a gopher tortoise found with its whole body painted blue illustrates an important point: "Paint + tortoises = BAD IDEA." The Florida ...

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