This is the moment a sea turtle was rescued after it was found with a barbed fish hook lodged in its mouth. The Olive Ridley ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says keeping native turtles as pets is prohibited because it can harm the turtle and pose threats ...

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

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add new protections for a rare turtle whose ridged shell looks like a topographic map, with the goal of keeping it from going extinct. The federal agency has ...

Three native Kansas species have officially left the ‘threatened’ category behind following a recent vote by wildlife ...

CONCORD, N.H. (CBS) - The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department issued a simple plea on Tuesday to anyone who comes across a turtle. "Do not paint turtle's shells," NH Fish and Game wrote on Facebook ...

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The Rio Grande cooter can't catch a break. Rivers that once sustained the turtle species, native to New Mexico, Texas and ...

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 8, 2010 (ENS) – Millions of sea turtles are thought to have died over the past 20 years because they were caught accidentally in fishing nets or snagged on longlines, ...

A recent publication by Steven G. Platt and Thomas R. Rainwater in the scientific journal Southeastern Naturalist discusses an intriguing predator-prey relationship between turtles and fish. Their ...