FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — If you were hoping to own one of those cute little turtles with the red stripes near their ears, forget it. The state has classified red-eared sliders as a "conditional species ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Students from the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center Pet Tech program are fostering a yellow-bellied slider turtle until it finds a permanent home. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock When exotic pets are released into the wild by owners who no longer want them, the consequences can be dire.

Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been disqualified from the Winter Olympics for “refusing to adhere” to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) athlete expression guidelines ...

Interactions between animals and human infrastructure happen all the time and can sometimes be dangerous. This often involves cars and trains hitting animals as they cross. In North America, engineers ...

Cold air and frigid waters have caused more than 600 young green sea turtles to wash ashore on Florida's beaches this month—and more are turning up every day. Rescuers have saved them from the sand on ...

What do you call a group of turtles in the English language? Whether you are watching a nature documentary or spotting a group of turtles at a local pond, you might wonder about the collective noun ...

Israeli researchers find humans and turtles, share key brain function going back 320 million years Turtles are able to grasp that the same object seen from different angles is not a different object, ...

Rescuers in Tampa Bay have found dozens washed up on local shores. A turtle named Patriot is examined by Florida Aquarium personnel after it was rescued on Super Bowl Sunday. [ The Florida Aquarium ] ...

MONROE, Wash. — For three decades, the Monroe Reptile Zoo has fascinated children and families with its collection of slippery, slimy and scaly creatures. On Monday, the attraction closed its doors ...

When exotic pets are released into the wild by owners who no longer want them, the consequences can be dire. Red-eared slider turtles are among the most widespread freshwater turtles in the world, in ...