May 23rd is World Turtle Day. It’s the perfect time to celebrate what makes these creatures so amazing and focus on what you ...

Swimming in two plastic bins inside a brightly lit and sterile quarantine room at a Rhode Island zoo, 16 quarter-sized turtle hatchlings represent a growing worry for conservationist Lou Perrotti.

In a first for North America, an endangered species of turtles has bred at the San Diego Zoo. Over the summer, staff at the zoo welcomed 41 hatchlings from the Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle ...

The Sedgwick County Zoo shared that the hatching of the McCord's box turtle is "an important milestone for conservation" Getty Images/Westend61 A zoo in Kansas has welcomed the arrival of a rare ...

GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Ongoing research at East Tennessee State University’s (ETSU) Gray Fossil Site unearthed a species of horned painted turtles completely new to science, school officials say.

Adult turtle mortality from vehicle strikes is a preventable threat to these reptiles, several of which are threatened or of special concern in Michigan. Residents can help turtles by safely assisting ...

From local ponds and the deep sea to a tank in your bedroom, turtles can be found anywhere. These aquatic, semi-aquatic or terrestrial creatures are recognizable thanks to their bony, cartilaginous ...