The hawksbill sea turtle has astonished scientists with its unique ability to exhibit biofluorescence. This trait enables the turtles to absorb light and re-emit it in different colors, primarily red ...

MARATHON, Fla. – A resilient sea turtle and a crowd of spectators in the Florida Keys made Earth Day a special event in the Sunshine State. Video taken from the middle keys showed Addie, a green sea ...

As part of its strategy to win hearts and minds in the newly decolonised world, the United States launched the Franklin Book Program (FBP) in 1952, deploying books as emissaries of liberal ...

“Many of the turtle populations have come back, though some haven’t,” said Duke ecologist Stuart Pimm, who was not involved with the research. “Overall, the sea turtle story is one of the ...

Adapted from Brenda Clark and Paulette Bourgeois' "Franklin the Turtle" books, the series follows a 6-year-old turtle and his band of animal friends as they go on adventures and learn about the ...

A young boy found Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle, while playing near his New York home in 1977. His family took her in and for nearly 50 years, she stayed there. She remained on a slick ...

"Like we do in any rescue, we ask to see the photos ... And they sent us the photos, and my wife and I, our jaws hit the ground," he told NPR. A young boy found Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle, ...

Rockalina the eastern box turtle enjoys the outdoors for the first time in nearly 50 years. (Garden State Tortoise) Garden State Tortoise founder Chris Leone gets plenty of requests to take in turtles ...