Snapping turtles are one of the oldest types of turtle around, having been around for approximately 200 million years – even ...

Turtles are fascinating creatures because they can live as long as humans, sometimes even longer. Their slow-moving ...

In a significant operation, forest officials seized 490 live freshwater turtles in Chitrakonda, Koraput, thwarting a major ...

Border Patrol agents in Vermont stopped the woman on the shore of Lake Wallace, on the U.S.-Canada border, with a duffel bag ...

Kansas is among several states releasing alligator snapping turtles. The prehistoric-looking, river-dwelling creatures’ ...

Wan Yee Ng admitted to trying to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, valued over $40,000, from the US to Canada via an inflatable ...

Turtles are often seen as affordable and low-maintenance pets, but some owners release them into the wild when they become ...

The swamp is a forested wetland made up of both water and land. Swamp animals include mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, ...

Royal Navy patrol ship crew have released six rare turtles back into the wild in the North Atlantic after they washed up on UK shores. While en route to the Caribbean, the Portsmouth-based patrol ...

Spiders swinging lassos, ants setting deadly traps and turtles with deceiving tongues — these animals have the most cunning methods of hunting their prey. In the animal kingdom, predators rely ...

Officials with the Iowa DNR investigated a jellyfish native to China in rural Guthrie County. Meanwhile, Oskaloosa Schools ...

The petition garnered support from the Tortoise and Freshwater Specialist Group at the International Union for Conservation of Nature, a group of 400 turtle scientists and conservationists.