Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange is giving animal lovers the chance to get up close to some of their favorite creatures through two special educational programs. The next event is a Sloth Social at 10 a ...

World Turtle Day reminds us that these 200-million-year-old survivors face modern threats like plastic pollution and habitat ...

Sitting in front of a monitor with a technician from the Smithsonian, I am watching the progress of Turtle 4004, known as ...

These reptilian relics are the only remaining representatives of a family of turtles that traces its evolutionary roots back more than ... in many parts of the world. While all other sea turtles ...

When the sun comes out, so do the turtles — right in time for World Turtle Day ... is given a home on a great turtle's back. In the Anishinaabe creation story, many animals gathered to ...

“Many of the turtle populations have come back, though some haven’t,” said ... looked at 48 populations of sea turtles around the world. Scientists measured the impacts of threats such ...

Loggerheads are the world's largest hard-shelled turtle ... comeback because of global warming?“Many of the turtle populations have come back, though some haven’t,” said Duke ecologist ...

The world’s smallest sea turtles, they grow about two feet long ... Jill Gary, a biologist with the aquarium, sinks a needle into the back of its neck and draws out thick, maroon-colored ...