A female member of an endangered species of turtle has laid eggs for the first time since being rescued, much to the delight of conservationists. The lucky Manning River turtle is part of a captive ...

A staple dish in Peruvian cuisine, turtles eggs are being illegally poached in the upper Peruvian Amazon, with little oversight or intervention from authorities. Belén, a floating market in the town ...

Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute on Saturday released thousands of giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of ...

Bedford County schools resume normal activities after Secure protocol initiated Three schools in Bedford County initiated a "Secure protocol" in response to an incident in the community on Tuesday.

The Milwaukee County Zoo's oldest animal is a curious Brazilian who is still learning new skills at her advanced age. In turn, the challenges of caring for her has led zoo staff to devise and adapt ...

A snapping turtle was found burying her eggs on the riverbank. Footage shows the rear end of the turtle slowly covering the eggs she had laid in a nest dug into the soil in New Jersey on May 11. To ...

A kayaker on the Chicago River found a giant snapping turtle, and now she's the city's newest celebrity. Chicago has a new celebrity named Chonkosaurus. The snapping turtle, which was spotted on the ...

This story is part of a weather partnership between The Virginian-Pilot and WTKR News 3. On Dam Neck Annex, the beaches are quiet. Sporadic sunbathers dot the 4-mile stretch, and an occasional ...