Box turtles face threats from cars, habitat loss and being taken as pets. Learn how to help these vulnerable creatures.

Over the phone, Donato instructed the team to keep the tortoise’s exposed soft tissue damp by rinsing the shell with saline ...

Employees from a Cowes-based software firm have taken part in a beach clean along the Isle of Wight coastline.

An ornate box turtle brought to WildCare Oklahoma from Midwest City is recovering after someone painted a message on its ...

The Coronado Cays Yacht Club recently partnered with Anna Cahill, a scientist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Clean-up operations are expected to be completed within days following last Sunday’s oil leak from a Shell-operated pipeline in Singapore that resulted in 30 to 40 tonnes of slop — a mixture of oil ...

A massive, 33-pound snapping turtle was just rescued from the chilly shores of Lake Michigan. Meet Doug the Tank.

This little one came into the zoo's care in October 2025, after being found stranded in Satellite Beach as they arrived at Brevard Zoo.

Cavemen hunted turtles — but not for food, new research suggests. Scientists say that shells of reptiles caught by children may have been used as ladles or digging devices by early humans over 100,000 ...

This illustration shows the size difference between a European pond turtle and the foot of a straight-tusked elephant. Nicole Viehofer / Monrepos (Leiza) While living in central Europe roughly 125,000 ...

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 administration fires entire National Science ...