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In the aftermath of Storm Goretti, which battered the UK coastline with record-breaking winds and surging seas, a rare and fragile survivor was discovered ...

Conservationists, led by the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) and the Guadalajara Zoo, have launched an intensive rescue and recovery mission following the c...

More than half of the world’s turtle and tortoise species now face extinction, according to the 2025 “Turtles in Trouble: The World’s Most Endangered Torto...

Researchers at the University of California, Davis monitored the pond turtle populations from 2016 to 2022 at two sites in the park that also have bullfrog...

In December 2024, Jeff George, executive director of Sea Turtle, Inc., got a phone call. Someone on a beach on South Padre Island in Texas had spotted a di...

Endangered sea turtles populations show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey. The s...

At least six reptiles of endangered Vallarta turtle species (Kinosternon vogti) known for their distinctive yellow head spots, were stolen from a protectiv...

Eight Spotted Turtles have returned to the wild in Virginia thanks to genetic testing and a protocol that could help reshape the future of confiscated turtles...

The small black turtles with yellow spots and orange markings are at risk of dying out, and one of the biggest reasons is illegal poaching. R...

"As the Michigan's turtles grow, they start out having a lot of small eggs, but as they mature, they have fewer but larger eggs," says David Mifsud a wetla...

The Oregon Zoo announced that it released last week 11 northwestern pond turtles into the Columbia River Gorge. the effort, as part of the zoo’s head start...

The new exhibit "Turtle Oasis" is home to 26 turtles from four different North American species, including several that are endangered.  Read more ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened the public comment period on the agency’s proposal to list the northwestern (Actinemys marmorata) and southwes...

The rewilding of 50 captive-bred spotted softshell turtles has sparked hope for this reptile conservation among conservationists for the future of the...

Last year, state lawmakers approved a law eliminating the commercial harvest of two species—western painted turtles and snapping turtles. So Minnesota’s tu...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has prohibited the western painted turtles and snapping turtles harvesting in state, the agency said in a new...

Australian freshwater turtles support healthy wetlands and rivers. Yet one in three turtle species is threatened with extinction. And there is still much w...

Australian researchers are well on their way to saving more than one million turtles through the creation of an app TurtleSAT which collects data from citi...

More than 3,000 yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis) hatchlings were released into the local environment of San Jose de Lupuna, Peru. The Amazon ...

The Loggerhead Marine Life Center in Juno Beach, FL announced a record 25,025 nests for the year 2023. The center counted 216 leatherback turtle (Dermochel...

On September 20th, 2023, the very first two Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoia) hatched at the Turtle Conservancy. Turtle Conservancy ...

The scientists’ study, published this week in the journal Animal Behaviour, may help conservationists protect the critically endangered Central American ri...

The eastern spiny softshell turtle is one of two softshell turtles in Illinois, and it is the more widespread of the two. The other, the smooth so...

Ever wondered how turtles cross the road safely? Well in North Dumfries, they use tunnels! Two of these underground crosswalks are currently in place, b...

A North American snapping turtle was discovered in the wild in canton Vaud. This is the second snapping turtle captured in Switzerland. Police officers ...

Thousands of onlookers gathered on Monday on Malaquite Beach in the Padre Island National Seashore eagerly awaiting the release of the Kemp’s ridley sea tu...

After seven months of rehabilitation at the New England Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital, four endangered sea turtles are back in the ocean off the Massachus...

You see a turtle on the road. What to do? Stop Safely. If you spot a turtle on the road, pull over safely to a safe location and help them cross quickl...

Local conservationists at Indawgyi Lake captured the first known videos of rare Burmese peacock turtles hatching. The Burmese peacock turtles, also call...

After 20 years of trying to phase out commercial turtle trapping in Minnesota, lawmakers have banned the practice. About 20 commercial trappers took 10,000...