Turtles face multiple threats. Experts issue warning after observing alarming shift in behavior of endangered turtles: ...

Disturbing a desert tortoise in its native habitat is not only risky for the tortoise, it's illegal, state officials say.

An endangered species of sea turtle shares its home on Mexico’s Bagdad Beach with rocket debris from SpaceX launches. But as ...

Crush, a missing 50 year old African spurred tortoise, has been found. After going on a romp through Cape Coral, the 55 pound ...

A University of Florida research team has developed a more accurate way to count wildlife using drones—an innovation that ...

The baby African pancake tortoise's birth was announced on June 10. The zoo then turned to TODAY.com readers to select the ...

Researchers at Loggerhead Marinelife Center found the earliest leatherhead nest in its monitoring history on February 25.

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

Being so hard to spot is something of a problem for the scientists trying to keep track of their numbers, and that in turn is ...

The eastern box turtle represents holding on and surviving, sticking its neck out, which led to its status as a state symbol ...

Turtles have very low cancer rates, even in large, long-lived species. Their bodies show strong natural cancer defenses.

A proposed housing development on the Treasure Coast is threatening to displace hundreds of gopher tortoises, and it may be part of a bigger pattern playing out across the state.