I have a special interest in snapping turtles because I grew up within an easy commute of Philadelphia and went to college ...

The most recently designated state symbol is Pennsylvania’s Official state amphibian. No, it’s not a frog or toad, it’s a salamander, more specifically, the eastern hellbender.

She is small, quirky, and stubborn—and she emits a foul odor when threatened: The common musk turtle is one of North America's most fascinating aquatic turtles. Within her compact body lies an ...

The Pflugerville facility helps rehabilitate the animals with health conditions due to improper care, as well as those who ...

Never take a wild turtle home with you. Turtle species native to Delaware are prohibited from being owned as pets, according ...

Painted turtles are one of Delaware's most common turtles, seen frequently along freshwater ditches or retention ponds. They eat primarily aquatic plants and can range in size from 2½ to 10 ...

Enter the Turtle Taxi volunteers – a network of turtle guardians across the province who help get our four-legged amphibious friends to the care they need at Ontario’s turtle hospital. As we ...

I am playing the world’s slowest video game. Sitting in front of a monitor with a technician from the Smithsonian, I am watching the progress of Turtle 4004, known as Roxy. She’s an older box ...

Probably the three most common types of turtles are our red-ear sliders, box turtles, and snapping turtles. But there are actually lots of other kinds of turtles in Oklahoma.

Box turtle is the common name for several species of turtle, and may refer to those of the genus Cuora or Pyxidea, which are the Asian box turtles, or more commonly to North American box turtles ...

Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

A Chinese citizen has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for smuggling more than 2,000 turtles from the U.S. to Hong Kong over about five years, federal prosecutors said. Sai Keung Tin, 54, was ...