The endangered Vallarta mud turtle faces severe habitat loss in Mexico, leaving its tiny surviving population at urgent risk.

Sargassum seaweed is creating major new obstacles for sea turtle hatchlings, drastically slowing their crawl to the ocean and ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most biodiverse places in the world, so it’s no surprise that many of the plants and animals chosen as symbols of the two states it straddles — North ...

Rocky cliffs run into the Adriatic Sea near Ancona, Italy. There, above the pebbly coast in 2019, rock climbers explored ...

India's olive ridley turtle numbers appear to have rebounded after years of patchwork efforts to stem their decline. Can it ...

“If the ice is clear, you can sometimes see snapping or painted turtles moving slowly under the ice,” said Jeff LeClere, ...

The box turtle and the painted turtle are both turtles from the family Emydidae. Both painted turtles and box turtles are popular pets across the world. They have a similar appearance, with colorful ...

The red-eared slider and the painted turtle are both fascinating turtles that are popular pets around the world, with the painted turtle being second in popularity only to the red-eared slider. If you ...