A female member of an endangered species of turtle has laid eggs for the first time since being rescued, much to the delight of conservationists. The lucky Manning River turtle is part of a captive ...

Scientists in Australia developed a program to save countless thousands of endangered green sea turtles from falling to their deaths while attempting to lay their eggs. Australia's Great Barrier Reef ...

Dubbed "the vacuum cleaners of the river," these creatures are an environmental lifeline. Officials enlist unusual helpers in ...

Beachgoers from the Tweed to Batemans Bay have been asked to be on the lookout – and every nest reported to TurtleWatch NSW will be protected ...

“Turtles were around before dinosaurs, and they watched them emerge, prosper, and disappear altogether. Without changing their body plan at all, turtles further observed the rise of birds and mammals.

A couple of decades ago, in my herpetology class at the University of Georgia, we were discussing evolutionary ecology and someone asked the age-old question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg ...