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 ...

Cleopatra doesn’t seem impressed with her new coat. But the red plastic shell probably will save the teenage leopard tortoise’s life. “This is a very good feeling,” said Colorado Technical University ...

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 ...

A new ingestible device, inspired by the self-orienting shape of the leopard tortoise's shell, may soon be used to administer drugs by injecting them through the stomach wall. The swallowable, ...