Two other species listed as game in New York are the box turtle and the wood turtle, but there is no open season for them. The ability to fold itself up, due to a hinge on the plastron, is what gives ...

Other turtles are often omnivorous, padding their plant consumption with fish and other small animals. As is common in virtually all spheres of life, there are some exceptions to the rules laid out ...

The world's nearly 300 turtle species have a remarkable range of behaviors, from wood turtles that stomp the ground to attract worms, to sea turtles that travel thousands of miles to lay eggs.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to reissue a permit for the incidental taking of a rare turtle, ...

Because there are pockets of stable populations, Roosenburg said, the terrapin may not be the neediest turtle for Endangered Species Act protection. Others, such as the wood turtle, may be faring ...

City officials are waiting on news about the turtle's protection status to determine how to handle homeless encampments along ...

Marine turtles have been in our oceans for over 100 million years. They’re brilliant navigators, swimming hundreds or thousands of kilometres between feeding and nesting grounds. But they face lots of ...

I had the opportunity to do a couple short paddles this week with a friend from downstate. He works in an emergency room, so ...

Newly hatched sea turtles ‘swim’ their way out of buried nests into the world 1. When green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) emerge from the egg, they are buried in sand up to a metre deep.

We've put them at risk, but with a little help, they're rebounding. Green sea turtles congregate near a dock in the Bahamas. They were so numerous during Columbus’s day that “it seemed the ...

Do you know what to do to help insects find shelter in the cold winter? Here are tips to get those pollinators through the ...

Lake Country council will be asked to rezone a portion of Turtle Bay Court to make way for hotel development. In order to ...