The first recorded leatherback sea turtle nest in Virginia history has been discovered at the Naval Air Station Oceana Dam ...

On a picturesque Costa Rican beach, an unexpected sight caught the eyes of researchers when a mother sea turtle arrived with a lively suckerfish clinging to her shell for an astonishing nineteen ...

Close to 90% of sea turtle nesting in the country takes place in Florida from March to October every year, Visit Florida ...

This week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in a press release that a prehistoric species of turtle native to Florida is officially a federally threatened species under the Endangered ...

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 ...

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 ...

These teensy tiny turtles of Appalachia barely survived a biblical flood. Inside the effort to build them a new home.

The alligator snapping turtle in this clip has everything he needs to go fishing. The bait is a part of his body, and his lightning-quick 'snap' is too fast for most prey to escape from. All he has to ...

ATLANTA - The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, accusing the agency of delaying critical Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for ...