On a sunny morning in August, after more than six years in captivity, the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) released eight spotted turtles back into their home watershed on the Coastal ...

A loggerhead sea turtle spotted struggling in the Indian River Bay June 21 is apparently free-swimming now, according to the Lewes-based nonprofit Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now the Buckeye State is on the hunt for Ohio's rare turtles. Ohio is one of two states that secured nearly $500,000 in grant ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va (WAVY) – NAS Oceana’s Natural Resources team confirmed the first loggerhead sea turtle nest of the season ...

The spotted turtle is a very rare turtle in Massachusetts, but it is impossible to mistake for any other species. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON The story of this spring has been the weather; ...

Through an annual research effort, scientists are gaining a better understanding of the turtles that call Jamestown Island ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo will put rare spotted turtles in the spotlight by conducting turtle surveys in West Michigan and hosting a World Turtle Day party Saturday. John Ball Zoo ...

They may be small now, but with help from two-legged friends at John Ball Zoo and Calvin University, baby spotted turtles are growing stronger for life in the wild. The two institutions have partnered ...

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Garden City officials urge residents to report snapping turtle sightings, citing their invasive nature and potential harm to ...

NAMED FOR THEIR polka-dot-like markings, spotted turtles have declined throughout most of their range, which stretches from Maine south along the Atlantic coastal plain to northern Florida, and from ...

The story of this spring has been the weather, specifically, the rain that just keeps falling. Add in the new arrival of the hazy smoke blowing south from Canadian wildfires and you’ve got a soggy, ...