An Eastern long-neck turtle with shell damage receives specialized care using donated dental materials before returning to ...

Burlington Parks, Recreation and Waterfront issued a “Turt alert” on Facebook yesterday, warning that hatchlings may be ...

China’s exotic pet market is driving a spike in animal smuggling, U.S. wildlife officials say. But these turtles are getting ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Cleveland Animal Care & Control shared on social media Wednesday that it has been receiving an increasing number of calls for snapping turtles. According to the post, the ...

An alligator snapping turtle display highlights the species’ massive head, strong jaws, and distinctive shell. The handler carefully checks the turtle while pointing out features that make it look ...

Turtles are some of the oldest reptiles in the world — and to some reptile enthusiasts, they might be the cutest. They've evolved over the last million or so years to live on land, in water, or ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Conservation groups kicked off a pilot program this July using dogs to find rare turtles. Two dogs located adults so that biologists ...

How to help: If you find a box turtle in Cranford, officials say don't keep it — bring it to the Cranford Fire Department so wildlife experts can care for it CRANFORD — Officials said someone ...

Authorities in Cranford are asking for the public’s help after more than 150 box turtles were illegally dumped along the edge of a river. The Cranford Fire Department is urging residents to keep an ...

Editor’s Note: After Sam Bland retired from his position as superintendent at Hammocks Beach State Park, he joined the staff of the North Carolina Coastal Federation. While a coastal specialist in the ...

BOISE, Idaho — A Boise man found a snapping turtle in Five Mile Creek, adding another unusual wildlife sighting to a summer of odd discoveries in Idaho. Robert Filiatreaux, who goes by Robert, said he ...

It was a shell yeah moment. A very nervous endangered turtle made its grand return to the Coney Island sea as local kids cheered it on — months after the reptile nearly froze to death. Pancake — a ...