Kemp's ridley sea turtle nests were discovered at Padre Island National Seashore, marking the start of the nesting season.

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The tough-to-recognize creature was identified as an endangered loggerhead sea turtle, and it even had barnacles stuck to its tongue, according to the Galveston-based Gulf Center for Sea Turtle ...

The reality TV winner debuts his new two-headed turtle, Felix and Oscar, and explains his love for the species.

When the cannery that opened in Marshallberg, a quiet village in Down East Carteret County, in 1937 ran out of oysters, tomatoes or other crops to can, they turned to canning sea turtles, writes ...

Red-bellied cooters are as unusual as their name – and endangered, which is why scientists set about supercharging them, ...

A curious turtle and a feisty crawfish face off in this unexpected aquatic showdown. Who comes out on top when shell meets claw? This real-life encounter is part survival, part strategy ...

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The Irwin family recently took a boat out to sea so they could release a turtle back into its native waters.

A Palo Alto, CA, house that went up for sale in March reportedly had a line in the listing that immediately went viral with real estate enthusiasts. The sellers of a nearly $4.9 million mansion ...

After the meat was boiled and separated from the shell and bones ... Even though mock turtle soup made this dish more widely available, real turtle soup maintained its status as a coveted delicacy. As ...

After the meat was boiled and separated from the shell and bones ... Even though mock turtle soup made this dish more widely available, real turtle soup maintained its status as a coveted delicacy.