Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...

For the first time in years, leatherbacks have returned to nest in significant numbers on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua.

More than half of the world’s 359 turtle and tortoise species now face extinction, with the crisis worsening despite global conservation efforts. Asia is the epicenter of the crisis, accounting for 32 ...

When some turtles swim south in the fall, scores of them get trapped by Cape Cod, where many die of hypothermia. Herb Swanson Cape Cod Bay churns as a frigid gust flicks froth into the air and the ...

Two dozen Kemp's ridley sea turtles are rehabilitating in Florida after the frigid waters off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, left them struggling with ...

A record number of clutches of white-throated snapping turtles have been found along the Burnett River in Queensland's ...

After decades of global conservation efforts, green sea turtles are rebounding. However, climate change and human pressures ...

The global population of green turtles has increased approximately 28% since the 1970s, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Green sea turtles are no longer endangered, ...

Most people have a turtle story. Perhaps they watched one glide through an aquarium tank as a child, helped one cross a busy road, or have spotted one in the wild and stopped to admire its determined ...