Summer is a great time for children to explore the outdoors, so we asked literacy experts Melissa Stewart and Kathy Renfrew to help us put together a list of books that are sure t ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive explain the immediate medical first aid steps required to treat severe injuries from a snapping turtle bite. Alka Yagnik breaks silence on health after frail ...

An uncommon sea turtle hybrid has been found on a Queensland beach. The animals are a cross between a green turtle and the vulnerable loggerhead turtle. A group of rare turtle hybrids has been found ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville University has launched the Turtle Research and Conservation Initiative (TRCI), a new comprehensive program designed to conserve turtle species across Northeast ...

World Turtle Day, observed annually on May 23, is sponsored by American Tortoise Rescue, a Malibu-based nonprofit that launched the event in 2000. Conservationists estimate that 61 percent of turtle ...

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For the first time, visitors at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach will be able to see rescued sea turtles as they go through rehabilitation for an eventual return to their natural habitat. The ...

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At first glance, Molly looks like any other loggerhead sea turtle, her reddish-brown shell moving gracefully through the water as she pops her nose up for air. But just two weeks ago, Molly arrived at ...

More than half of the world’s 359 turtle and tortoise species now face extinction, with the crisis worsening despite global conservation efforts. Asia is the epicenter of the crisis, accounting for 32 ...

Two sea turtles named Ariel and Moana were released back into the ocean at Disney's Vero Beach Resort. The turtles are part of the Disney Conservation and Sea Turtle Conservatory's Tour de Turtles ...