A boy with autism, 6, was rescued from a pond on Christmas Day by Florida police, fewer than 18 months after a similar ...

The story of Rockalina the turtle — who was rescued after nearly a half-century of neglect — now has a new character. Enter an Oreo-sized baby turtle, who will be Rockalina’s new friend and who ...

As Minnesota flaunts freezing temperatures and people take post-holiday walks along ponds and lakes, keep an eye out for turtles tucked underwater for the winter — even after it freezes. “If the ice ...

A draft management plan for Buffalo River State Park, which is in a public review stage, suggests converting the sand-bottom swimming pond into a nature play area. A ramp leading into a seasonal ...

Researchers taught young loggerhead turtles to associate certain magnetic fields with feeding, prompting a distinctive dance when they recognized the signal. After a magnetic pulse briefly disrupted ...

The video follows the introduction of new baby turtles into an established guppy pond. At first, the scene feels calm as the turtles begin exploring their new space. Soon, subtle shifts in the pond’s ...

A 268-pound loggerhead sea turtle named Swim Shady made her triumphant return to the Atlantic Ocean on Monday morning, nearly three months after she was badly injured in a boat collision off Florida’s ...

COMPETITION. WELL, SO FAR THIS YEAR, LOGGERHEAD MARINELIFE CENTER HAS REHABILITATED AND RELEASED 97 JUVENILES TO ADULT SEA TURTLES, AND MORE THAN A THOUSAND AND 183 HATCHLINGS AND WASH BACKS. FIRST ...

Juno Beach, Fla. — An endangered loggerhead sea turtle was released Monday morning into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach nearly three months after being hit by a boat. The adult female, named ...

They may be small now, but with help from two-legged friends at John Ball Zoo and Calvin University, baby spotted turtles are growing stronger for life in the wild. The two institutions have partnered ...

The word “turtle” is an umbrella term that applies to all members of the order Testudines. This includes turtles and tortoises, which are both hard-shelled animals. While they’re in the same family, ...

YAMHILL COUNTY, Oregon — Conservationists in Oregon are racing to protect one of the state’s only native freshwater turtle species from becoming endangered. The Northwestern Pond Turtle, a semiaquatic ...