About this time every spring since 2010, wildlife ecologist Gary Glowacki has readied batches of young Blanding's turtles for release into the wild as part of a long-term effort to boost the ...

WHEATON, Ill. (CBS) -- Keep an eye out for turtles on the road – that is the message from the DuPage County Forest Preserve District. Turtles are more active starting in the spring. From April through ...

The shells of turtles, tortoises, and sea turtles show a remarkable connection to our 20th-century nuclear history. This astounding revelation comes to light in a new study, which casts an enduring ...

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

Turtles that could bring $10,000 apiece on the black market live behind a high razor-wire fence on a hidden nature preserve near Charleston. Guard dogs patrol the grounds at night to warn away ...

CEDAR FALLS — University of Northern Iowa students studying Iowa’s rarest reptile aren’t just reading about them. They’re gathering information that will appear in future books and papers. Under the ...