Most people have a turtle story. Perhaps they watched one glide through an aquarium tank as a child, helped one cross a busy road, or have spotted one in the wild and stopped to admire its determined ...

Feeding a pet turtle or tortoise may seem simple – just offer a mix of vegetables, the odd fruity treat, a bit of meat here and there or scraps from the table. But there’s more to it than meets the ...

Researchers suggest that an earthquake spooked a mob of sea turtles gathered together in a prehistoric sea. By Carolyn Wilke Gramma, a Galápagos tortoise described by her care specialists as “the ...

Turtles and tortoises, members of the order Testudines, have endured ice ages, continental shifts, and even the extinction of dinosaurs, embodying resilience and longevity. Yet, a recent global ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — While tortoises are turtles, not all turtles are tortoises. In this week’s Zoopalooza with Davis Nolan spent time at the Nashville Zoo with their giant tortoises. “I take ...

The California Turtle and Tortoise Club, Inland Empire Chapter, will hold its annual turtle and tortoise show 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, in the Fellowship Hall of the ARK Church in Redlands.

People often use the words turtle and tortoise interchangeably, but these reptiles have distinct differences: Turtle shells are typically more flattened and not as deeply domed as tortoise shells, but ...

On a gray December day in California, Amy Keeler pulled her Subaru up to a chain link-fenced patch of Joshua Tree dirt. “It’s literally just a flat piece of property with trash all over it,” Keeler ...

The Oreo-sized baby turtle represents a turning point in Rockalina's recovery: Spending time with her own kind.

Once fully trained, Echo will be the first dog in the United States that sniffs out gopher tortoises, according to Jones and ...

The man was caught after an undercover agent of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service coordinated a sale with him on Facebook, the authorities said. By Jonathan Wolfe One other person on board was killed ...