Fishing duo Cole & Jay rescue a giant softshell turtle in a backyard pond.

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A young red-tailed hawk in need of a blood transfusion. A coyote found in a barn with a case of mange and hardly any coat. A great-horned owl with head trauma and a raft of other problems. A cedar ...

Humongous Turtle Shell Unearthed. This shows an 8-million-year-old turtle shell that measured nearly 8 feet (2.4 meters) was discovered in Venezuela. Trump pulls US from 31 bodies in UN, already in ...

While spotting a rare species of wild animal can often be a cause for celebration, in India, the recent sighting of an endangered turtle was just the opposite. The rare Indian softshell turtle was ...

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Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...

Humongous Turtle Shell Unearthed. This shows an 8-million-year-old turtle shell that measured nearly 8 feet (2.4 meters) was discovered in Venezuela. Christopher Schwarzenegger Hits the Red Carpet and ...

Box turtles are so named for their distinctive shells. All turtles have a top shell (carapace) and bottom shell (plastron) that connect via “bridges” on each side. But box turtles are the only group ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A young sea turtle named Bugs is returning to the ocean on Wednesday after spending five months recovering at the Sea Turtle Healing Center at Brevard Zoo. The center ...