A group of conservation organizations is calling on the federal government to list the Maryland-native wood turtle as an ...

A common snapping turtle crosses the road after laying eggs. Busy roads can be particularly dangerous for turtles, even with ...

Dozens of wildlife organizations have come together to urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to declare the wood turtle an ...

The Lowcountry community joined together for the annual Toby’s Earth Month Island-Wide Spring Litter Sweep on Sunday on Folly ...

It is incredibly rare for Kemp’s ridley sea turtles to find themselves in South Carolina. One turtle took locals by surprise ...

Sea turtles spend most of their lives roaming the planet's oceans, traveling thousands of miles for ideal feeding and ...

DENNIS, Mass. — Given the occasion, much calmer waters would have been preferred for the dozens of people who gathered along the beach in West Dennis, Massachusetts. But regardless of the wind and ...

Audubon Aquarium Rescue is caring for 35 critically endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles that were injured by the cold in New England last month. The turtles were part of a large “cold stunning” event ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two dozen Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are rehabilitating in Florida after the frigid waters off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, left them struggling with frostbite, pneumonia and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- More than 70 endangered turtles were released into the wild Friday by the Nature Conservancy. The Blanding's turtles were released in Lee County, about 100 miles west of Chicago. The ...

When some turtles swim south in the fall, scores of them get trapped by Cape Cod, where many die of hypothermia. Herb Swanson Cape Cod Bay churns as a frigid gust flicks froth into the air and the ...