Twenty critically endangered sea turtles are getting some much needed TLC. The Kemp's ridley sea turtles, the smallest species in the world, touched down in South Florida after suffering from what is ...

More than a dozen critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are being treated in Central Florida after a cold snap ...

Light gray-green, with a smooth, almost perfectly circular shell and a large, triangular head, it is the smallest species of sea turtle, topping out at two-and-a-half feet long and 70 to 100 pounds.

Trudging through the thorny brush, Mike Knoerr is on a quest. Thunk. Thunk. Two five-foot long wooden dowels, the width of a pool stick, are in each of his hands. Methodically, he pokes them into the ...

A bale of Arakan forest turtles — a critically endangered species — were welcomed to the world recently at an aquarium in Tennessee. The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, announced the ...

The Vallarta mud turtle, the world’s smallest turtle, lives only in temporary lagoons in the Mexican city of Puerto Vallarta, which poses a huge challenge for its conservation. By the time scientists ...

Turtles are often unfairly maligned as fish killers that ruin the ecosystems of our ponds, rivers, and streams. The facts are that many turtles are omnivores and consume large amounts of aquatic ...

A small and once-prominent species of turtle, endangered by invasive bullfrogs, human development and climate change, might soon see a boost in efforts to rebuild its populations throughout the West.