The use of cameras by wildlife authorities is one of the best ways to document wildlife sightings, particularly of rarely ...

Two fossilized specimens, each less than 2.5 inches in length, were originally thought to be plants. Now, scientists say they are preserved hatchling turtles. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, ...

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 ...

Knowledge from local communities has resulted in the first-ever nesting evidence and discovery of a breeding population of an incredibly rare turtle in India. Knowledge from local communities has ...

More than two dozen very rare Kemp’s ridley sea turtles arrived in the Keys Tuesday night after being rescued from frigid ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

At the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center in Roanoke, Virginia, a mother turtle recovering from an ear abscess recently surprised staff with a clutch of eggs. A couple of months later, those eggs gave ...

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