To help reduce the risk of bladder stones in captive tortoises, it’s important to ensure that the animal has access to fresh ...

Doctors at a South Shore animal hospital treated a turtle with a baseball-sized bladder stone on Wednesday.According to a ...

Discover the story of rare eastern box turtle hatchlings — including twins — and how their survival offers new hope for a threatened species in Virginia.

A female loggerhead turtle, believed to be 25 to 30 years old, was rescued in New Caledonia after being found bound in rope ...

Turtles and tortoises, though related, exhibit key differences. Turtles are primarily aquatic with streamlined shells and webbed feet, suited for swimming and varied diets. Tortoises are land-based, ...

Snapping turtles often get a bad reputation for their hooked jaws and rugged appearance. They look like creatures built only ...

After peaking in 2022 with hundreds of green sea turtle strandings, cases of soft-shell syndrome are in decline. It is believed the disease is connected to the turtles' food source, after seagrass ...

A juvenile green sea turtle, will be heading home to the ocean following an intensive five-month stay at the Sea Turtle Healing Center.

Phuket officials rescued a sea turtle with a fishhook injury as another died from wounds caused by entanglement in discarded fishing gear.

All three sea turtle species have laid "astounding nesting numbers," officials said in a Sept. 18 news release.