A new law bans the importation and sale of pond slider turtles, an invasive species that outcompetes Vermont's native turtles leading to their decline.

Despite their popularity, these turtles are also potentially harmful to native turtle species like the common painted turtle as well as the spiny softshell turtle, biologists said.

When a pet water monitor got loose from its home in Webster, it put reptiles in the spotlight once more, along with a mission ...

Watch the magical underwater world come to life when you go scuba diving in Malaysia, from Redang Island to Sipadan, Mataking ...

Discover the best scuba diving in Malaysia with coral reefs, shipwrecks, and rich marine life across tropical islands.

A bald patch of grass in someone’s front yard can be restored by spreading seed or strips of sod. But when seagrass in shallow ocean water gets shredded by a […] ...

A large sea turtle found injured along the Florida coast in May following a boat strike has been returned to the ocean.

But this year, beach erosion has created a novel situation for one nest teetering on the edge of a sandy cliff about 5 feet high near the Second Street entrance. A couple months of high tides have ...

Bill Parsons, a biologist for the Little Traverse Bay Band's natural resources department, enlisted the help of his ...

Researchers from the University of Florida have uncovered the largest known nesting site for the threatened giant South ...

Would you shell out a few extra bucks every year to help rescue wild turtles? A bill in the state legislature would create a special license plate that would provide funding for the Turtle Rescue ...