When I started volunteering at the center, I was going to do whatever needed to be done as a volunteer. Never in a million years did I think I would become the “reptile person” at the center. I am not ...

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ...

Five years ago, Sarett Nature Center staff members began to realize they had an abnormal amount of box turtles throughout the ...

The Ulsan city government announced Monday that three Reeves' turtles — a native freshwater species designated both a natural ...

Across Long Island, New York, Eastern box turtles are declining rapidly in population. While not officially labeled as threatened or endangered on the federal level, experts say the turtles are ...

Last year Anna Thonis, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University, launched a study of Long Island’s Eastern box turtles, a "species of special concern" in New York — not officially threatened ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute's campus in Front Royal work to conserve ecosystems and threatened wildlife species. One of their ongoing projects has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While sea turtles are the only reptiles known to migrate long distances specifically to lay their eggs on a favored beach, even ...

As temperatures rise, the turtle nesting season is beginning. There are several hundred species of turtles, but many of them nest in the summer and early fall. Many turtle species, including ...

ORD, Neb. — As late spring and early summer arrive in Nebraska, drivers are more likely to spot turtles crossing roadways as the animals move over land in search of mates, food sources, or new ...

An Indiana man was arrested after he was seen dancing alongside a bustling roadway while allegedly carrying a state-protected turtle — and a baggie of meth. The man, who wasn’t publicly identified, ...

An Indiana man has been arrested after dancing along a highway while clutching a rare turtle and carrying methamphetamine, officials said. The man was arrested by Indiana Conservation Officers in ...