The turtle, later pronounced dead, was also found with “a fishhook stuck in its mouth,” according to the Suffolk County SPCA ...

A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle named Rhossi got a 5,000-mile lift from the UK to Texas where a rehab at Houston Zoo will help him ...

There’s a turtle smaller than a dinner plate that has become one of the most closely watched conservation stories along the ...

Sea Turtle: Sea turtles are ancient species, having been around since the time of the dinosaurs. Fossils from the oldest marine turtle date back 120 million years. Females and males are the same size ...

An international team of scientists from the U.S., France, Australia, and Germany, including Senckenberg researcher Uwe Fritz has published the ninth edition of the atlas "Turtles of the World." The ...

We would've stayed far away, too.

Critically endangered, radiated tortoises sport star patterns on their shells and live in the forests and scrubland of Madagascar. (Images courtesy Smithsonian's National Zoo) People often use the ...

Hans-Dieter Sues | Curator, Paleontology, National Museum of Natural History In a fit of pique, according to one of Aesop's fables, the god Hermes made the animal carry its house forever on its back.

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. NASHVILLE — I admit it: I’m jealous of my writing-group partners, Mary Laura Philpott ...