Turtles are icons of longevity. Not only do some live for well over a century, they also seem to remain robust as they age. But according to findings published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

When handling turtle eggs, there’s a major rule: Don’t let them roll around. When handling turtle eggs, there’s a major rule: Don’t let them roll around. "The embryo attaches to the side of the shell, ...

A female soft-shell turtle rests near a pool inside a zoo in Suzhou, China, in May in this photo released by Wildlife Conservation Society. Suzhou, China? She’s around 80 years old. He’s 100.

Managua, Sep 30 (EFE).Managua, Sep 30 (EFE). — Almost 15,000 endangered sea turtles are nesting in La Flor Wildlife Refuge on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, officials said. The marine reptiles are ...

BOCA RATON (CBSMiami) -- Climate change is a hot topic and now a new study finds that climate change is causing trouble for sea turtles. The study, by Florida Atlantic University researchers, has ...

Love is in the air at Dalton State’s Turtle Assurance Colony where parents of the first endangered turtles to hatch at the college have been at it again. The female Home’s Hingeback Tortoise (Kinixys ...

For a better protection of marine turtles, scientists are trying to understand why they return to their birthplace in order to reproduce after rather long distance migrations. Using molecular tools ...

The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and other ...

There are a lot of things scientists still don’t know about sea turtles. But researchers are starting to “fingerprint” leatherback sea turtle hatchlings to try to unlock some of those secrets. Federal ...