The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add new protections for a rare turtle whose ridged shell looks like a topographic map, with the goal of keeping it from going extinct. The federal agency has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grégory Bulté, an Ottawa-area biologist, holds a map turtle shell that shows the distinctive 'map' pattern that gives the turtle ...

A little-known turtle found only in Louisiana and Mississippi now has a slow but steady proposed plan from the federal government to save its species. The plan estimates it will take about 60 years ...

Dallas Huggins holding an ambassador Wood Turtle during a NH Turtle Rescue education event at the Nottingham Library. Turtles are on the move in New Hampshire this time of year, in search of nesting ...

Long regarded as one of the longest-living pets you could ever own, turtles surprise many pet owners with how long they can live. Whether you have a red eared slider or a map turtle, these reptiles ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya covers the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. Loggerhead sea turtles rehabilitated by the New England ...