A sea turtle’s shell is a masterpiece. A new study reveals that marine turtle shells combine flexibility and strength to protect against predators like sharks and stress while optimizing movement.

The Telangana government has announced plans to create a massive eco park on 2,000 acres in Kancha Gachibowli, including land ...

The loggerhead and green sea turtles are among the largest hardshell turtles alive today. However, the leatherback is the largest reptile in the order Testudines, which includes all turtles, terrapins ...

Green turtles have an average lifespan of 70 years ... which was preserved and has been on display in the National Museum of Wales since 1990. The oldest living land animal, however, is a Seychelles ...

For nearly four decades, residents in southern India's Chennai have patrolled moonlit beaches at night trying to protect sea ...

Martin told me she would army crawl up to the turtles on the sand and dab around their eyes with a foam swab, soaking up the ...

STAFF from the Johnny Morris Sea Turtle Center in Springfield, Missouri, release 19 loggerhead and Kemp’s ridley turtles that had been rehabilitating on March 26 off Jacksonville, Florida.

But it has not always been so inhospitable. During a period from about 14,500 to 5,000 years ago, it was a lush green savannah rich in bodies of water and teeming with life. And, according to DNA ...

The shiner was first identified as threatened 50 years ago and was put on a waiting list for Endangered Species Act ...

Keepers took the eggs and placed them in an artificial incubator. Like most tortoises and turtles, the sex of hatchling Galápagos tortoises is determined by the temperature at which eggs are ...

If you’re buying a new-build home or are planning to make energy-efficient improvements to your property, a ‘green’ mortgage might be worth considering. The green mortgage market has grown ...