A recent tragedy occurred in Indian River County, Florida when an elderly man tried to save a turtle. The reptile was slowly ...

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

Turtles have been around for 200 million years—outliving dinosaurs, surviving ice ages, and basically minding their own ...

Would you shell out a few extra bucks every year to help rescue wild turtles? A bill in the state legislature would create a ...

The turtle’s shell reminds Ryan of objects from the human world. She piles up workaday nouns as homely as the things they name. The comparisons are wildly improbable and also oddly precise.

I have a special interest in snapping turtles because I grew up within an easy commute of Philadelphia and went to college ...

To celebrate a major milestone for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, the Heroes in Half Shell are coming back to ...

You wouldn’t normally see the words “turtle” and “lightning-fast” in the same sentence, but common snapping turtles have ...

Every spring, someone in my town posts hand-drawn TURTLE CROSSING signs near the roads where turtles lay their eggs. I’d ...

Check out Turtles of Grayskull #4 by Tim Seeley, where He-Man and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles face off against unthinkable mutations in this explosive finale!

Canine powered conservation is helping researchers learn more about the internationally endangered wood turtle in Maine.

Snapping turtles are feeling the love from humans. But as nesting season approaches, they and other species face danger crossing roadways.