Some beachgoers in Pensacola on Saturday got a rare sighting of a Kemp's ridley sea turtle. The female turtle was looking where to lay her eggs but did no ...
It may sound too bizarre to be true, but the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa), a fish that inhabits rivers, lakes, and swamps ...
When a large tortoise named Rex got loose, a Phoenix-area neighborhood went into a tizzy. More than just a fun commotion, Rex ...
On the strictly protected island of Golem Grad in North Macedonia, the tortoises are destroying their own population. During ...
When asked about my favorite animal it really is difficult to pinpoint a favorite — each animal on our planet is so interesting but if I had to choose I would have to pick the reptiles. I am not quite ...
Warming sand temperatures are causing a higher ratio of female sea turtle hatchlings. Scientists have lacked a reliable method to count male sea turtles until a recent breakthrough. A new technique ...
The research focuses on Golem Grad, an island in Lake Prespa that supports a large population of Hermann’s tortoises. These reptiles often live for decades and can approach 100 years of age. The ...
"We are hopeful for her recuperation and eventual release back into the Gulf," officials said Charlotte Phillipp is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was ...
An adult female Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was found weighed down with barnacles, algae and sediment in Galveston on March 7, 2026. An adult female turtle from the most endangered sea turtle species in ...
Turtles glide through the blue-green waters of Hornsby Spring like hockey puck slapshots as snorkelers stretch like goalies in their wake. If the brownish-yellow blurs make it behind a cypress root or ...