The practice began in 1920s Western variety shows and spread to city speakeasies, but it faces increased scrutiny today—and pressure from conservation groups to make races safer for the reptiles.

Visitors to the Aquarium of the Pacific can now get an up-close look at Meatloaf, a rescued green sea turtle undergoing ...

Installing wheels on a tortoise might seem like a cruel joke—but a veterinary practice in the Philippines recently did so to help out an Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) with troubled ...

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

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Sea turtle nesting season is in effect, and there’s growing concern over light pollution affecting hatchlings trying to get to the ocean. Ashley Chelberg is a key part of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An endangered sea turtle is recovering after washing ashore on a Texas beach earlier this month. They said the turtle was ...

It was 17 seconds long. A young boy in zombie face paint stood before a local news reporter at an arts festival in Portland, ...

According to a social media post from Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research, they received a report of an adult Kemp's Ridley Turtle that had washed ashore. They said the turtle was lethargic and ...

Boats, beaches, and buckets of fun! Just the way you'd expect a boy to spend his Florida vacation! But there was something else 11-year-old Miles Boyd got to do last year when he and his family ...

Neanderthals hunted turtles but did not rely on them for food - they cleaned and reused the turtle's shells as tools.

Two lion cubs are now on display at Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange. The zoo said the cubs, named Anga and Kito, are the first lions ever born at the zoo. Staff said the cubs are playful with each ...