On a hot February morning, Galápagos National Park rangers released 50 giant tortoises back to Floreana Island—marking the ...

(Lafayette, Louisiana) - A video on social media has surfaced from a Lafayette Mardi Gras parade, and it shows a man hoisting up a huge snapping turtle as the parade passes through the downtown ...

Luckily, these snappers are willingly frozen and are just undergoing a process called brumation. This is a form of dormancy for reptiles. A cold temperature change also means that reptiles can’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Snapping turtles in Iowa lie in a state of brumation under the frozen waters. This is a natural process that reptiles experience ...

The snapping turtle eggs are finally hatching, and this video captures the exciting moment the baby turtles begin breaking out of their shells and entering the world. Learn what to expect during the ...

Picture yourself walking along a murky river in the southeastern United States. The water looks calm, almost too calm. Below the surface, something ancient lurks. Something that’s been perfecting its ...

Critical habitats for threatened species in the Mary River have been given a boost of $2 million in joint funding from the state and federal governments.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Bramble Park Zoo has announced the passing of their alligator snapping turtle, Bowser, from complications of cancer. Bowser first arrived at the Bramble Park ...

When you invite nature to the party, you never know who might turn up. A Reddit user posting in the r/gardening subreddit showed a delightful example of a snapping turtle who decided to use their ...

In many turtle species, temperature determines the sex of hatchlings — a biological process known as temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD). Rather than genetics alone deciding whether a sea ...

More than two dozen very rare Kemp’s ridley sea turtles arrived in the Keys Tuesday night after being rescued from frigid waters off the New England coast. Packed in banana boxes — perfectly sized for ...