The Abufari Biological Reserve plays a crucial role in ensuring the survival of the turtle species known as podocnemis ...

Zoo officials said she came from the Bronx Zoo in either 1928 or 1931 as part of their first group of Galápagos tortoises.

The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into prehistoric life and reveals how a lineage can survive mass extinctions, ...

In October, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at California’s Otay Mesa border crossing noticed an odd bulge inside a man’s pants. Jesse Agus Martinez, a U.S. citizen who lives in Tijuana, ...

After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galapagos tortoise ...

Tortoises can live for more than 100 years in the wild and close to double that in captivity. This tortoise was born in her ...

Florida has the largest population of invasive green iguanas in the United States. Their droppings can be found near swimming ...

As noted by Johns Hopkins, caring for an animal can reduce stress, increase physical activity, decrease loneliness, and ...

Loggerhead hatchlings travel thousands of miles guided by an astonishing built-in navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field. Scientists trained young turtles to “dance” in response to ...

From Alaska to Louisiana, meet the wolves, monkeys, and reptiles now residing in the wild, wild west of Los Angeles.

Turtles are probably the poster children of bad pet decisions. Back in the day, baby turtles were available in department ...