The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add new protections for a rare turtle whose ridged shell looks like a topographic map, with the goal of keeping it from going extinct. The federal agency has ...

The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach opens a new rehabilitation tank for rescued green sea turtles. Visitors can now see ...

Kemp's ridley sea turtles are among the most endangered species of sea turtles in the world. They reside along the east and Gulf coasts of North America, alongside some of the world's most active ...

Once nearly extinct, Southern California's population of green sea turtles is exploding, and many of them are making their home in the San Gabriel River. It’s one of the most remarkable animal ...

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...

When Ann Berry Somers was 7 years old and growing up in North Carolina, she encountered a box turtle on a path. She picked up the small reptile and looked into its eyes. Instead of retreating into its ...

A new partnership between the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro and Bridgewater College is allowing students to gain real-life experience in animal rehabilitation.

In the back of a large SUV, 15 small sea turtles wrapped in wet towels and packed in individual banana boxes awaited their new lease on life Thursday, preparing to swim off the Louisiana coast after ...

Michelle Pate answered a 3 a.m. phone call. Even before speaking, she knew it was about a dead turtle. She also knew how it died. Only the dredge crew called in the middle of the night. Pate works for ...