Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or ...

Complex with world's only breeding group to open next month with guided tours that will showcase researchers' efforts to ...

This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest freshwater giant.

Not a lot of people know this, but the distinction between a tortoise and a turtle only works in one direction. In other words, all tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises. Both types ...

The soft-shelled reptile is likely a victim of the illegal pet trade, said an animal expert. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SOUTHBRIDGE ― This year has been anything but slow and steady for the Turtle Rescue League. In fact, it's already the busiest in the organization's history, and the need only appears to be growing.

Down a dirt track behind the sandhills of an idyllic Queensland tropical beach is a ramshackle, but special, cluster of buildings. This unassuming place occupies the site of a former sewage pumping ...