The shells of turtles, tortoises, and sea turtles show a remarkable connection to our 20th-century nuclear history. This astounding revelation comes to light in a new study, which casts an enduring ...

On one of the coldest mornings ever in Florida, a young green sea turtle flailed through freezing surf. Too stunned to swim, ...

A continuing eradication effort of bullfrogs and red-eared slider turtles at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve may be having an effect. While it’s still too soon to know how successful the removal ...

Some success is being seen in the second month of what could be a years-long effort to eradicate invasive red-eared slider turtles and bullfrogs from the Cache Creek Nature Preserve. The effort began ...

On Florida’s East Coast at Cape Canaveral National Seashore, a thin stretch of land covered in jungle-like tropical vegetation cuts between the Atlantic Ocean and Mosquito Bay, moving with the coastal ...

Turtles that could bring $10,000 apiece on the black market live behind a high razor-wire fence on a hidden nature preserve near Charleston. Guard dogs patrol the grounds at night to warn away ...

WHEATON, Ill. (CBS) -- Keep an eye out for turtles on the road – that is the message from the DuPage County Forest Preserve District. Turtles are more active starting in the spring. From April through ...

About this time every spring since 2010, wildlife ecologist Gary Glowacki has readied batches of young Blanding's turtles for release into the wild as part of a long-term effort to boost the ...

Two species of box turtles are found in Illinois: the eastern and the ornate box turtle. Like the box turtle, there are other turtles that possess a hinged plastron (bottom shell), but box turtles are ...

The DuPage County Forest Preserve District is once again advising motorists to watch out for turtles crossing roads. "Drivers should pay attention and do what they can to avoid hitting these animals," ...