For hundreds of years, people believed that, come autumn, barn swallows would dive under the surface of ponds and lakes, swim to the bottom, and bury themselves in the mud for the winter. We now know ...

When lakes freeze solid in winter, it may seem impossible for aquatic life to survive but turtles have remarkable adaptations that help them endure extreme cold. Instead of dying or escaping, many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week we celebrated Groundhog Day on Feb. 2 and National Weatherperson Day on Feb. 5. Along with the record cold weather in ...

MANTEO, N.C. — Right now, there are currently fewer than 100 patients at the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center at the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island. What we mean by ...

Families, children and spectators stood along the Galveston shore with wide smiles and loud cheers as they watched volunteers carry 102 sea turtles, one by one, into the Gulf on Thursday afternoon.

Learn why basking turtles in April are doing far more than sunbathing, from thermoregulation to parasite control and growth.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A bale of small, vivid turtles is spending time at Audubon Aquarium this winter. Native to the Pearl and Bogue Falaya Rivers, the Ringed Map Turtles, or “sawback turtles,” are a ...

Maryland officials are warning visitors to the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coast about cold-stunned sea turtles. Cold-stunning is a hypothermia-like condition in sea turtles caused by rapid drops in ...

For hundreds of years, people believed that, come autumn, barn swallows would dive under the surface of ponds and lakes, swim to the bottom, and bury themselves in the mud for the winter. We now know ...