Sea turtles that have nested on the same stretches of sand for thousands of years are running out of room. As ocean levels ...

University of Manchester scientists have discovered significant concentrations of microplastics in the male reproductive system of sea turtles. The scientists also found slightly less, but still ...

By Fernanda Wenzel It’s just a sweet, squeaky sound, like that of a rubber duck. For scientists, however, it could have various meanings, ranging from “Time to spawn!” to “Come on, little ones!” to ...

Are box turtles in worse shape than herpetologists thought? University of Toledo researchers raise the question in new ...

Paler than other sea turtles, the flatback turtle is a light olive-green that has a remarkably round shell (which is unusually thin and brittle) with distinctly upturned edges, and a rounded, stubby ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recovery of this softshell turtle species now requires working with a global population of only two or possibly three known ...