A wild eastern box turtle who was kept as a pet for decades has been rehabilitated by a rescue in New Jersey and got her first chance to see the sun in decades this month.

A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

Rockalina the eastern box turtle had never ventured outdoors since 1977 — now she’s healing and getting to feel grass beneath her claws. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

Endangered sea turtles show signs of recovery in a majority of places where they’re found worldwide, according to a new global survey released Thursday. “Many of the turtle populations have ...

The turtle, believed to be over 100 years old, is the last known female of her species, Rafetus swinhoei, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which also noted that she was recently ...

Officials found that loggerhead sea turtles, also listed as endangered by U.S. officials, have been nesting on the islands as well. Loggerheads were first found nesting in Lousiana's Grand isle in ...

Last year, a female giant Yangtze softshell turtle died in Ðong Mô Lake located in Hanoi, Vietnam. The species is symbolic in Vietnam, and the female's death means their future is looking ...

Giant 100-year-old snapping alligator turtle vanishes without a trace along North Carolina interstate. It is unclear where Thanos, the giant alligator snapping turtle, has disappeared to, but one ...

Beijing -- The only known female member of one of the world's rarest turtle species has died at a zoo in southern China, officials said Sunday. The animal was one of four Yangtze giant softshell ...

Sea turtles were protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973, and Mexico banned all captures of sea turtles in 1990. But it took a few decades for the results of these actions ...