An estimated six to eight eggs were buried in the sand bunker. Snapping turtles typically prefer to lay their eggs on soft, ...

ATLANTA, Ga. — Turtles are not known for their speed, but that does not stop them from going on the roads. A Flowery Branch police officer learned this the hard way in a video posted to the department ...

There are calls that cops train for, and then there are calls that no academy on earth could truly prepare you for. When ...

Last year Anna Thonis, a postdoctoral researcher at New York University, launched a study of Long Island’s Eastern box ...

Against all odds, Olive survived and even thrived. Driven away after eight years by the rising waters of the new Ashokan ...

As temperatures rise, the turtle nesting season is beginning. There are several hundred species of turtles, but many of them ...

Federal officials are warning rafters to watch out for and report invasive snapping turtles that have been multiplying in ...

When underwater creatures or objects can’t be seen in the watery depths some people are terrified and this fear has a name — megalohydrothalassophobia — the fear of underwater creatures or objects.

May and June are prime months for turtles to cross roads in search of places to lay their eggs, and many end up getting ...

If you spot a turtle crossing the road, there are safe ways to help without harming the animal or putting yourself in danger.

A 60-pound alligator snapping turtle — among the first reported in the wild in Massachusetts — turned up in an Essex County ...

The alligator snapping turtle looks as though it could have been created for a Sci-Fi/Dinosaur crossover film or conjured from the imagination of a child. The troughs and pointed peaks of the shell ...