SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect northwestern and southwestern pond ...

For a short-snouted dog, Mags proved to be a competent sidekick when it comes to stalking Rhode Island’s native turtles. So ...

In the wild, spotted turtles live in swampy meadows, bogs, streams, and the edges of shallow ponds. These turtles love to eat, and although they can be shy, they will quickly learn to rush over at ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) began banning the sale of turtle goods in the 1970s, but that hasn’t always worked. In 2012, researchers found thousands of ...

"Spring Ponds" Fine Wool Merino Sheep Station ... first settled by European settlers in 1811 and offered for sale for only the second time in the last 110 years. This amazing land holding is ...

The turquoise frog in Victor Berthelsdorf’s pond may look pretty, but for local turtles, bugs and other animals, it is anything but. Berthelsdorf first spotted the brilliantly colored American ...

Many end up in markets destined for import to China, Hong Kong and Japan where there is demand for meat and turtle parts for use in traditional Chinese medicine. Restrictions on the sale of these ...

In recognition of the high standard of entries, 25 extra images were selected by the Natural History Museum and put to the public vote. A Balkan pond turtle shares a moment of peaceful coexistence ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...