Freshwater extinctions rarely happen overnight, especially in a habitat as large as the Yangtze River. However, it’s still ...

Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising ...

This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...

Cayman has been on the frontlines of a global fight that has brought the green sea turtle back from the brink of extinction.

“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed ...

After decades of global conservation efforts, green sea turtles are rebounding. However, climate change and human pressures ...

Turtles are built like tiny tanks—ancient, armored, and famously tough. But in the modern world, that toughness may be their greatest vulnerability. In part two of our turtle two-parter, we dive into ...

Nowadays, John Byrd and his team have no trouble finding the turtles they seek: The researchers simply attach a transmitter ...