I straddled the sedentary reptile as I made my way through the countryside on the way home from the delta the other day. No, it wasn’t a cottonmouth or a timber rattler, for had it been, the outcome ...

A 70-year-old pet turtle is slowly coming out of his shell and learning how to walk and eat, thanks to a Bronx man who ...

Turtles belong to the most unique group of vertebrates, credit goes to their famous shells. While most people think of the shell as a shelter in the first place, it contains a lot of secrets ...

From baby squirrels to osprey to a Canada goose with lead poisoning: Wild Care in Eastham rescues Cape Cod animals in ...

“Assistant Nature Center Manager Becky Matney discovered a juvenile broad-winged hawk that had several toes caught in the shell of a three-toed box turtle,” the Missouri Department of ...

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 ...

9, from 2-3 p.m. The grand opening will feature a “Show and Shell” experience, including turtles from the Little Rock Zoo. The event will allow guests to interact with turtles as zoo experts ...