In this episode, we visit Florida Iguana & Tortoise Breeders to meet one of the largest tortoises on the planet - a living ...

A Winter Haven man has giant Galapagos tortoises in his back yard and thousands more turtles at a breeding facility in the city. Wayne Hill's breeder tortoises are about 29 years old He gave Spectrum ...

WINTER HAVEN (FOX 13) - Did you know a Winter Haven man has been breeding rare Galapagos Islands Tortoises for years? “They're prehistoric looking they haven't changed a lot,” said breeder Wayne Hill.

In the following century, conservationists set out to restore the Galápagos giant tortoise on Española—and the island ecosystem. They began eradicating the introduced species, and capturing Española’s ...

Hunchy and four of his buddies are back in Estero. The white African spurred tortoise, and 17 of his tortoise and turtle pals, went missing recently from the home he shares with thousands of other ...

“Us private breeders, we are the invisible ark; we are Plan B,” Wayne Hill says as he drives along a Winter Haven back road with a 4-week-old Galapagos tortoise sitting snugly in a cupholder inside a ...

If you've had pets for a while and are looking for something a bit different, tortoises could be right for you. However, before you get one, there are several elements to consider. Their size varies ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In the world of giant tortoises, Al’s a prize catch. So what if he’s 130 years old and weighs 550 pounds. “There’s just nothing wrong with him,” said Knoxville Zoo Assistant Curator ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – It was turtle trouble ...