Number 22 on the list, the Geometric tortoise, Psammobates geometricus, of South Africa is still found in fragmented low-lying areas of the Western Cape Province. It prefers acidic, sandy and nutrient ...

Dogs are five times more effective than humans at this type of search and "also help us find the smaller tortoises which are often overlooked. A critically endangered Geometric tortoise walks through ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “tortoise”? The giant tortoises that lumber along like tanks over the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific and the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean? The gopher ...

A critically endangered Geometric tortoise walks through the bush on a private reserve, where they are protected as part of the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Dryland Conservation Project in the Boland ...