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 ...

A baby tortoise with a LEGO wheelchair is one thing, a brand new shell created with 3D printing technology by university students is another. That’s precisely what happened to a leopard tortoise named ...

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 ...

Please don't jump on Cleopatra if you meet her. She isn't a real life red-shelled Koopa Troopa -- she's just wearing a 3D-printed prosthesis. See, Cleo the tortoise suffers from pyramiding, which ...