A Blanding's turtle stands at the edge of a wetland. State wildlife agencies in Michigan and Ohio received nearly $500,000 in federal funding to study rare turtles. The grant is part of more than $7 ...

Ohio has rare fishers roaming the woods, rare massasauga rattlesnakes and two other venomou s snakes within its borders. Now the Buckeye State is on the hunt for Ohio's rare turtles. Ohio is one of ...

When strolling through your local park this summer, you may have noticed turtles sunning themselves on logs or poking their heads up in lakes and ponds. Chances are they’re painted turtles or ...

Chhatrapur: Two more Olive Ridley turtles, one male and another female, were satellite tagged in Rushikulya rookery, days ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Zoo Knoxville is celebrating the hatching of three critically-endangered turtles, becoming just the fourth Association of Zoos and Aquariums-accredited zoo in the world to ...

"Illegal dumping is a serious problem," according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency. "It can threaten ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add new protections for a rare turtle whose ridged shell looks like a topographic map, with the goal of keeping it from going extinct. The federal agency has ...

Two rare albino Blanding’s turtles have hatched at the offices of the Canadian Wildlife Federation, experts said. Jeffrey Eisen Unsplash Two “extremely rare” albino Blanding’s turtles have hatched in ...

While patrolling Surfside Beach early Monday morning, Officer Jimmy McDaniel witnessed something extraordinary: a Kemp's ridley sea turtle—the rarest sea turtle species in the world—resting in the ...

Turtles that could bring $10,000 apiece on the black market live behind a high razor-wire fence on a hidden nature preserve near Charleston. Guard dogs patrol the grounds at night to warn away ...