Disappearing habitat threatens North America’s tiniest turtle. A bog turtle, North America’s tiniest turtle, is no bigger than your hand. Its habitat is disappearing, and it needs help. Scientists are ...

Learn why basking turtles in April are doing far more than sunbathing, from thermoregulation to parasite control and growth.

Blanding's turtles at Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo will grow to be about 4 inches before they are released in the spring of 2025. The Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, the Iowa Department of Natural ...

Since opening Upscale Exotics in Sherrill back in June, owner and breeder Tim Becker has noticed an alarming request from several shoppers. He said they have come to the store looking for new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blanding's turtle is a threatened species in Iowa. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources) Iowa is home to 13 ...

Own a kayak? Interested in helping biologists learn more about one of the coast's most little-known residents? Then the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC), N.C. Coastal Reserve, and a bunch of ...

From sandcastles to sunscreen, how you can make small changes to help sea turtles. Freed from its nest, a tiny three-day-old loggerhead sea turtle hatchling makes for the open gulf in 2014. Lane ...

Kamryn Richard, the senior conservation technician at the Center for Conservation and Research at San Antonio Zoo, holds up C17046, a rare West Texas turtle. "We try not to get too attached," Richard ...