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

A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), an endangered species listed in Vietnam’s Red Data Book, recently returned to lay eggs ...

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

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

An active population of endangered Blanding’s turtles has prompted Haverhill city officials to largely abandon plans to ...

A new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, provides the strongest evidence to date that cancer is extremely ...

"Rapid responses, for example policy changes, are needed." Officials issue notice after huge invasive turtle was spotted in ...

In fact, it is a known breeding ground for sea turtles. Two varieties — green turtles and hawksbill turtles — nest and breed on beaches on the island. Green turtles can breed all year long but prefer ...

Highway 93 cuts through the heart of the Mission Valley and crucial habitat for turtles and other wildlife. Researchers with ...

A man in Hollywood was arrested for destroying two sea turtle nests, an act witnessed and reported, leading to his arrest ...

Luis Coba, 30, faces two counts of destroying and molesting a turtle nest after being seen on the beach pulling wooden posts ...

As a budding naturalist growing up in the concrete-heavy environs of Boston, I would regularly thumb through my family’s ...