Magpie, a dog from Satchel’s Last Resort, is heading to South Padre Island, where her scent-detection training will help conservationists locate and protect endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle nests.

Japan has a unique way to help turtles cross train tracks for train lines that run in the city. Read here to learn about these crossings.

Students from the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center Pet Tech program are fostering a yellow-bellied ...

Even the most remote regions of the globe are not free from plastic pollution. In a study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil have ...

Authorities intercepted hundreds of snake and turtle skins intended for the wildlife trade, including 445 python skins, at a ...

Florida sea turtle nesting season generally starts about March 1 and ends about Nov. 15, but at least four leatherbacks are off to an early start laying eggs along the Treasure Coast. They laid them ...

The yellow-bellied slider is a semiaquatic turtle, native to southeastern United States, where it is the most common turtle species. As the name suggests, they have a yellow belly that is buried under ...

One of the joys of browsing secondhand shops is the possibility of finding old, perhaps restorable or hackable, electronics at low prices. Admittedly, they usually seem to be old flat-screen TVs, ...

The South Florida Water Management District started its second year of the python elimination program. One hunter has stood ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Those earlier disputes over land use at Turtle Bay set ...

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, one of the most endangered sea turtle species on Earth, live in some of the noisiest waters on the planet, right alongside major shipping routes. New research reveals that ...

Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising culprit, and are left concerned for the future. A female northern map turtle ...