Federal officials have proposed spending $210 million for 10 projects aimed at restoring fisheries, sea turtles and invertebrate species — including shrimp, crabs, reef coral and shellfish — that were ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add new protections for a rare turtle whose ridged shell looks like a topographic map, with the goal of keeping it from going extinct. The federal agency has ...

The program helps place displaced desert tortoises with Arizona families. Adoption applications are being accepted year-round.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to protect northwestern and southwestern pond turtles in California, Oregon, and Washington under the Endangered Species ...

State wildlife officials investigating the cause of waterfowl found at Mile Square Regional Park with mutilated bills say the injuries appear to be the work of snapping turtles, though some animal ...

A reef swim changes dramatically when marine life appears nearby. Hawksbill turtles often glide along coral ledges to feed ...

It’s been a hot summer. The ocean has been hot too. Marine heat waves, or patches of warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures, are making headlines because we’ve never seen anything quite like what ...

What Kind of Turtle Is in the Video? In his pond, Zak notices his fish are acting strange. That’s when he discovers a softshell turtle has taken up residence. The reptile seems to have come from a ...

Sometime between 5.5 and 5.6 million years ago, two shell crushers squared off in the languid currents of an ancient Florida ...

Are Woodland Park Zoo’s baby turtles ready for release to the wild? Join the zoo on Thursday, June 4, as Washington ...