This young tortoise posted by through.the.lleaves is the cutest thing ever. Fig, a little leopard tortoise, enjoys a good scratch on his bony bottom, wiggling back and forth to make sure his owner ...

Cleopatra’s pyramids needed protection and Colorado Technical University came to the rescue with a 3-D printed prosthesis. Cleopatra, a teenage leopard tortoise from Golden, Colo., recently received a ...

KUSA - On Friday, Cleopatra, a leopard tortoise, had the final fitting for her new prosthetic shell. "Her shell's been damaged, so myself and a student at Colorado Tech designed and worked with a 3D ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WATCH DPTV: Molly Hughes with today’s top stories Cleopatra doesn’t seem impressed with her new coat. But the red plastic shell probably will save the ...

A leopard tortoise named Cleopatra is wearing a prosthetic shell thanks to 3D printing technology. Cleopatra's shell suffers from a condition known as either "pyramiding" or "peaking," which means ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Generally, tortoises do not swim, according to Andy C. Highfield, author of the Tortoise Trust Guide to Tortoises and ...