On South Carolina's Waccamaw Neck, sea turtle nesting season is once again running into problems caused by beachfront ...

The U.S. canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction.

In Georgetown County, a showdown between homeowners and supporters of endangered sea turtles over a lighting ordinance is ...

The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ancestor with crocodiles and birds. By Sara Novak Turtles are weird. They ...

Stop the presses! Barely a month after President Donald Trump visited Beijing, an espionage scandal is brewing in the pristine waters off China’s long stretches of ocean coastline. China’s Ministry of ...

The origin of turtles has always been a bit of a puzzle for scientists who study the evolution of animals. To this day, where they fit in the tree of life remains a highly debated topic. The ...

The practice began in 1920s Western variety shows and spread to city speakeasies, but it faces increased scrutiny today—and pressure from conservation groups to make races safer for the reptiles. In ...

A new study from the School of Neurobiology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics reveals a surprising insight into the operation of the ancestral brain: the visual cortex of turtles is capable of detecting ...

A burning EV parked at a gas pump could have been a disastrous situation. Fortunately, quick thinking and well-equipped emergency responders in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, quickly contained the fire, ...

In the second Trump administration post of its kind, the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday portrayed Franklin, the anthropomorphic turtle character from a children’s book series, as a ...