Genetic sequencing research led by the Federal University of Pará charts a route for protecting Amazonian species. Focused on ...

About the size of a half-dollar, the tiny painted river terrapin hatchling - a critically endangered species - at the ...

Three species of sea turtles are regularly observed in the Red Sea, which is an inlet of the Indian Ocean: hawksbills, greens ...

California’s diverse climate and sprawling urban areas have made the western state an unexpected hotspot for non-native ...

Our bones did not begin deep inside the body. They started in the skin, not long after the first complex animals took shape.

This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...

The Rio Grande cooter faces significant threats from oil and gas operations in Texas and New Mexico, as well as climate ...

A fossilized dinosaur egg discovered in central India has turned out to be even stranger than it first appeared. Inside the ...

Maryland officials are warning visitors to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast about cold-stunned sea turtles. Cold-stunning is a hypothermia-like condition in sea turtles caused by rapid drops in ...

A radical, pro-Palestinian group known as the Turtle Island Liberation Front plotted to carry out coordinated bombings against several targets in Southern California beginning on New Year’s Eve, ...

Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Researchers taught young loggerhead turtles to associate certain magnetic fields with feeding, prompting a distinctive dance when they recognized the signal. After a magnetic pulse briefly disrupted ...