Many animals that live in water need to come up to the surface to breathe, but they can still spend impressive lengths of ...

Missouri’s state symbols showcase the items, plants, animals and places that form the unique culture the Show-Me State is ...

Texas beaches are seeing a spike in endangered Kemp’s ridley turtle nests, the tiniest sea turtle species in the world.

Ornithologists and locals wonder what the future holds for this chick being raised by much taller, but still doting parents ...

The world's most endangered sea turtle is nesting in record numbers along the Texas coast this year . As of June 13, ...

PHUKET: A major conservation event was held at Sirinat National Park on Phuket’s Mai Khao Beach on Saturday (June 14), with ...

MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida zoo’s oldest resident celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father’s Day on Sunday. Goliath, a 517-pound (234-kilogram) Galapagos tortoise at Zoo Miami, became a ...

They’re also a bit of a bridge between land and water, depending on the species. “All animals with a backbone and a shell are turtles,” says Jeffrey Lovich, Research Ecologist at the U.S. Ge ...

It is an example of mutualism. But there is a strange twist with coralroot orchids. Coralroots are not green. They lack chlorophyll, and as a result cannot carry out photosynthesis. Three species of ...