Two spider tortoises (Pyxis arachnoides), one of the most valuable species sought by traffickers. Image courtesy of Brett Bartek/TSA Madagascar. Traffickers specifically target two tortoise ...

A total of 450 radiated tortoises (Astrochelys radiata) and spider tortoises (Pyxis arachnoides ... country director for Turtle Survival Alliance Madagascar, which runs the center, told Mongabay ...

It’s not often that spiders are a gift of fellowship. It’s perhaps even less often that they are received with enthusiasm. Yet the unlikely occurred in May when the Smithsonian Institution and the ...

Around 914 spider and radiated tortoises ... This repatriation marks "the culmination of considerable efforts" led by Madagascar to "bring back these endemic species that are classified as ...