Pedro Luis Pérez assesses the surviving loggerhead turtles after their nest was unearthed at their nursery in La Sabana. (Andrea Hernández Briceño for The Washington Post) Pedro Luis Pérez assesses ...

On a recent bright morning in Holgate, 5-year-old Josie Davenport cupped her hands together and giggled as a teeny, tiny northern diamondback terrapin wriggled around. The baby turtle — only a couple ...

A bale of small, vivid turtles is spending time at Audubon Aquarium this winter.

A new wildlife tunnel in Eliot is quietly saving endangered Blanding’s turtles from a deadly stretch of Route 236.

On October 3, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published two proposed rules to list three species—the northwestern pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata), the southwestern pond turtle ...

The unexpected discovery of four turtle species in a dam near Armidale has left researchers wondering if people have been dumping unwanted pets.

Deep in the coastal woods of South Carolina, behind high fences, guard dogs, and security cameras, is a group of people who ...

The Turtle Bank in South Carolina is sheltering Asia’s most threatened turtles. Poaching and habitat loss pushed them to the ...

American bullfrogs, which were once confined to much of eastern North America, have exploded around the world with dire consequences for native species. Now researchers say they may have found a way ...