A diver who freed a sea turtle from a plastic container discovered the animal had it wrapped around herself for years, which destroyed her shell. The sea turtle was discovered by divers after they ...

It's a big, bad world out there. But for one tiny turtle it clearly proved to be a little too frightening for exploration just yet. The nervous creature hatched from its egg but then stayed there for ...

Rockalina has become a viral sensation since being rescued in early 2025. The Eastern box turtle was in failing health, ...

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 ...

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Kansas wildlife officials say the ornate box turtle needs protections, and some lawmakers want to ban people from capturing or possessing the state's reptile. "House Bill 2479 would amend the ...

The turtles are used for meat and in Traditional Chinese Medicine, with major markets in Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Malaysia, mostly supplied from Indonesia. Animals are also exported as pets, ...

Below a clouded sky in the middle of Illinois prairie, a handsome brown spaniel dashed ahead through brambles and bobbed back up with a catch. There, resting in his jaws as his tail wagged, was a ...

Almost 100 carcasses of turtles with throat and shell damage, as well as a dozen dead dolphins and a blue whale, have washed ashore in Sri Lanka after a container ship burned and sank. Ecologists ...