The Outside Story shows how turtles have the capacity to withstand freezing temperatures in winter, some by freezing ...

On Wednesday, the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach opened an exhibit where visitors for the first time can watch sick ...

The Turtle Bank in South Carolina is sheltering Asia’s most threatened turtles. Poaching and habitat loss pushed them to the ...

Turtles are not the fastest of movers on land, but in the water, they have amazing reflexes. A turtle in a fish tank showed ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — On Wednesday night, a group of endangered, cold-stunned turtles was flown to the Florida Aquarium in Apollo Beach, Florida for "life-saving recovery." The six Kemp's ridley sea ...

Wildlife officials warn this sea-turtle rescue effort could just be getting started along the coast of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...

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Keystone species are those that exist in an ecosystem to keep it functioning at its healthiest levels possible. These animals may be predators or herbivores. They may be large or small. The ...

Discover what’s inside a turtle shell, living bone fused to spine and ribs, packed with organs, muscles, and nerves that ...

Freshwater extinctions rarely happen overnight, especially in a habitat as large as the Yangtze River. However, it’s still ...