After nearly 50 years living on a kitchen floor in New Jersey and eating a diet of mainly cat food, Rockalina the turtle was ...

The midland painted turtle, a common sight on the shores of lakes and rivers across southern Ontario, has been designated a species of special concern by the Committee on the Status of Endangered ...

It’s not a good year to be a Thames River turtle. Populations of the endangered spiny softshell variety – hatchlings released each year by the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) – have ...

Abandoned aquarium pets are threatening the survival of an endangered native turtle species on southern Vancouver Island. Alanah Nasadyk, the community and development coordinator for Habitat ...

The world’s largest sea turtle faces dangers as it travels through the Atlantic Ocean Leatherback sea turtles, classified as endangered by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, ...

The Sedgwick County Zoo shared that the hatching of the McCord's box turtle is "an important milestone for conservation" Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

Green sea turtles are increasing in Malaysia. The bad news: Olive ridley and hawksbill turtles are still vulnerable and ...

A species that has survived for more than a hundred years is on the verge of extinction. The Yangtze giant softshell turtle, currently considered to be the largest freshwater turtle in the world, has ...

When biologist Aimee Mitchell began her tally of endangered coastal western painted turtles 15 years ago, she says it was impossible to ignore the number of discarded pet turtles thriving in the wild.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Swimming in two plastic bins inside a brightly lit and sterile quarantine room at a Rhode Island zoo, 16 quarter-sized turtle hatchlings represent a growing worry for ...