Turtles usually live 20 to 40 years, though some may live longer. Tortoises can live a very long life many reach 80 to 150 years or more. The largest turtle, the Leatherback, can weigh up to 700 kg.

More than 16,000 American bullfrogs, larvae and egg masses were removed from Yosemite National Park over a six-year period.

A photo of a massive turtle near Mercer will make you do a double-take. Over the weekend, Dan Sodemann, of Madison, said he ...

A photo of a massive turtle near Mercer will make you do a double-take. Over the weekend, Dan Sodemann, of Madison, said he ...

In November, tens of thousands of male olive ridley sea turtles start congregating just 5km nearshore in Odisha, India. They ...

World Turtle Day reminds us that these 200-million-year-old survivors face modern threats like plastic pollution and habitat ...

Teeming with invertebrates and small fish ... interfere with her return to the safety of water. I remember that turtle as I look at the pumpkin-field nest and imagine this turtle locked in her own egg ...

Thursday marks the beginning of sea turtle nesting season ... well-camouflaged eggs," the county said. "Eggs will incubate up to 30 days before the small, cotton ball-like chicks hatch.

Thompson carefully gathered the hatchlings, placed them in a container with a little bit of water and took them ... and keep an eye out for the small turtles. “Watch where you’re going because ...

Onassis, a giant Amazon river turtle, has lived at the ... Onassis swims in the same water as ripsaw and red-tailed catfish, chichlids and small fish known as silver dollars.