India's unique turtle species face extinction due to pollution, habitat loss, and illegal trade. From the Three-Keeled Land ...

PHOENIX – Nearly three years after it won endangered species status, the Sonoyta mud turtle was granted 12.3 acres of protected habitat this week – but supporters worry that that habitat may no longer ...

Angela Sirois-Pitel stands shin-deep in mud, surrounded by grass and poison sumac. She's holding a large antenna above her head, listening for a slow and steady beep. Sirois-Pitel is a stewardship ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed listing the northwestern pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) and the southwestern pond turtle (Actinemys pallida) as threatened species under the ...

Freshwater and sea turtles may look similar, but neither one could survive in the other's territory for these reasons.

The federal government is giving landowners money to protect a rare and tiny turtle that’s losing habitat throughout its range from Georgia to southern New England. The bog turtle, a secretive reptile ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new proposal aims to protect threatened and endangered sea turtles by preserving their habitat along critical areas of the U.S. coastline. NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and ...

You see a turtle on a log in the pond near your house and think, "That guy's got it made. Lies around most of the day, drops down in the water for lunch, climbs back ...