High schooler Evan Budz's award-winning invention can identify coral bleaching, invasive species, and microplastics without ...

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (WCBD) – Some members of the Folly Beach Turtle Watch Program caught a rare sighting at the end of the Folly Beach Pier. The program is used to dealing with loggerheads and green sea ...

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. In ...

NAGAPATTINAM: In a “first-of-its-kind initiative” in the state, 151 Olive Ridley turtle hatchlings were successfully released into the sea on Wednesday after being protected using an in-situ ...

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

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KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

NEW ORLEANS — Audubon Aquarium is now home to tiny Diamondback terrapins as part of Louisiana’s first-ever terrapin head-start program. Diamondback terrapins are a species of turtle native to the ...

A royal tern was hit by a car in 1968 along the then-new Sanibel Causeway. That single accident led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Southwest Florida's most beloved creatures and the ...

Turtles and tortoises are both reptiles with shells, but they're not exactly the same. So how can you tell them apart? What's the difference between a turtle and a tortoise? "All tortoises are turtles ...