Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — ...

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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A young sea turtle named Bugs is returning to the ocean on Wednesday after spending five months recovering at the Sea Turtle Healing Center at Brevard Zoo. The center ...

For years, the Coleman family's fishing trips on the Alabama Gulf Coast were routine. But in 2021, their outing near a riverbank led to an odd find: the shell of a 32-million-year-old leatherback sea ...

A red-eared slider turtle named Peanut in honor of her figure-eight-shaped shell celebrated her 41st birthday in Missouri. Photo courtesy of John Miller/Missouri Department of Conservation Aug. 25 ...

Aug. 25 (UPI) --The Missouri Department of Conservation celebrated the 41st birthday of Peanut, a red-eared slider turtle with a unique figure eight-shaped shell. The department celebrated Peanut's ...

Turtles have been around for 200 million years—outliving dinosaurs, surviving ice ages, and basically minding their own business the whole time. Tough on the outside, chill on the inside, they seem ...

Shell Week will run from June 8th to June 16th, and to commemorate the week, the Royal Carribean Group and World Wildlife Fund have created a bracket-style tournament to name the most popular sea ...

A Houston man was arrested and charged for allegedly trafficking boots made of endangered sea turtle skin across the Mexico border, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Alejandro Hernandez, 31 ...