Tybee Island has already broken its all-time sea turtle nesting record, with conservationists expecting even more nests ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are few things more beautiful—or dramatic—as a sea turtle hatching. Each year, thousands of mama turtles return to the ...

A hunk of romaine was easy pickings for Porkchop and her three flippers. On a rainy day last week, the green sea turtle pumped her limbs and stretched her beak up to chomp a lettuce leaf floating on ...

These teensy tiny turtles of Appalachia barely survived a biblical flood. Inside the effort to build them a new home.

There are four kinds of North American painted turtles (the eastern, midland, southern and western). My photo here is of a southern painted turtle. It is the only North American painted turtle to have ...

Unregulated commercial collection of freshwater turtles in southern and midwestern states is depleting native turtle populations, including those of rare map turtle species that may already be at risk ...

As fishermen and scientists chase tropical tuna and marlin that have drifted into San Diego’s unusually warm waters during the last two years, they’ve encountered something else they’ve never seen: ...

SOUTHERN SHORES, N.C.- Two dead adult sea turtles washed up on the Outer Banks near Southern Shores on Wednesday. One was a leatherback turtle, the other a loggerhead turtle. A necropsy was performed ...