Turtles are once again in Mexico’s limelight, after authorities announced the rescue of 3,427 freshwater turtle hatchlings at ...

“All animals with a backbone and a shell are turtles,” says Jeffrey Lovich, Research Ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, so it’s an umbrella term used for turtles, tortoises, and terrapins.

This is the most threatened conservation status, echoing the words of experts who tell us the animal is extremely close to extinction. The turtle was added to the IUCN’s Red List in 2018, and ...

Never take a wild turtle home with you. Turtle species native to Delaware are prohibited from being owned as pets, according ...

Delaware is home to dangerous animals: Here's a look at 9 of them. There is one type of turtle you absolutely should not handle. If you come across a snapping turtle, ... Striped mud turtle.

One sea turtle in captivity lived to almost 100 years old. ©Drew McArthur/Shutterstock.com. Say what you will about turtles, they are built for longevity. No other type of turtle lives longer than sea ...

Laredo Animal Care Services will host a new event June 21 with 50 racers competing alongside their dogs in the Mutt Mud Run at Parque España (Santa Rita) Park.

Dilly Dally, a loggerhead sea turtle amputee, returned to the Atlantic after months of rehab at Florida’s Loggerhead Marinelife Center. After months of healing from an amputation, the young ...

The leatherback sea turtle, the largest of all sea turtles, embarks on one of the most remarkable journeys in the animal kingdom. Each year, these ancient mariners traverse more than 5,000 miles of ...

Sea turtle fossil. Image by Openverse. Sea turtles first appeared during the late Jurassic period, approximately 150 million years ago. These prehistoric ancestors evolved from land-dwelling reptiles, ...

Based on our findings, we also predicted that an individual green turtle can contain up to 26.4 grams of plastic on average, the equivalent mass of 10 ping pong balls. Predicting ingestion Where a ...