Turtles rescued from the Gingham Waterhole in north-west NSW have begun returning, while keepers at Taronga Western Plains ...

Marlon Brando bought the Pacific atoll Tetiaroa in 1966. Decades later, it is a turtle sanctuary where over 15,600 hatchlings are estimated to have emerged.

The turtles could be here by mistake,” Lance Adams, a veterinarian at the Aquarium of the Pacific, also told The Guardian.

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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 ...

New Jersey remains a vital refuge for the bog turtle, but a new federal rule removes protections many scientists and conservationists say are essential to the species' survival.

Even before the rule, these turtles were in desperate trouble from habitat destruction, illegal collection and vehicle ...

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 ...