A wild eastern box turtle who was kept as a pet for decades has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month.

A sea turtle initially weighed over 7 ½ pounds; her weight decreased to just over 6 pounds once experts cleaned her organism-covered shell.

A.O. Scott ponders the specific gravity and unlikely grace of Kay Ryan’s “Turtle.” And we have a game to help you memorize it.

An adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally crawled into the Atlantic Ocean Wednesday morning, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle hospital.

Turtle Back Zoo’s black bear named “Jelly” temporarily escaped her enclosure on Thursday morning through an unlocked gate before the zoo opened to the public.

Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for ...

Even everyday Georgia beachgoers and tourists can play a part in the state's decades-long sea turtle conservation efforts. See how here.

Dilly Dally, a loggerhead turtle who survived a run-in with a predator that ultimately cost her a flipper, has been rereleased into the wild.

Rockalina, an eastern box turtle, experiences outdoor life for the first time after decades of indoor neglect and begins her healing journey.

Volunteers found the earliest discovered nest in Perdido Key on Mother's Day, now they're working to prepare the community for the 2025 season.

A massive loggerhead sea turtle hit by a boat off Florida's Atlantic coast arrived at a turtle hospital needing medical care, but at 302 pounds (137 kilograms), Pennywise was too large to fit ...