I’ve always loved turtles. Since I was about 10 years old, I spent many summer days on foot or on my bike exploring streams and farm ponds near my home in southeastern Pennsylvania. Some days I’d get ...

Turtles are often unfairly maligned as fish killers that ruin the ecosystems of our ponds, rivers, and streams. The facts are that many turtles are omnivores and consume large amounts of aquatic ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed protecting land in Pima County for an endangered aquatic turtle. The agency says the designation of 12 acres as critical habitat is ...

Eight green sea turtles were released back into the Atlantic Ocean, nearly a month after an arctic blast brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida and left the aquatic reptiles suffering from a ...

While most turtles are wild, many are adopted as pets each year. Keep in mind that turtles are sometimes considered exotic pets, so there may be local or state laws that restrict their adoption. There ...

A dozen sea turtles that nearly froze when they were too far north last fall as water temperatures abruptly plunged in New Jersey survived that ordeal, but remain threatened by the pneumonia most of ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- Cold snaps like the one that just hit Northwest florida can be life-threathening for sea ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed protecting land in Pima County for an endangered aquatic turtle. The agency says the designation of 12 acres as critical habitat is necessary for the ...