It's mating season for turtles, and as a protected species they deserve the respect the designation gives. And sometimes they need help across the road. Zack LeClair, shift lead at Wild Heart Ranch, a ...

Adult turtle mortality from vehicle strikes is a preventable threat to these reptiles, several of which are threatened or of special concern in Michigan. Residents can help turtles by safely assisting ...

May and June are when turtles are most on the move in Georgia — and if you travel in the state during the next few weeks, you’re bound to come across one of the slow-moving creatures crossing a road.

Professor by night, park ranger by day, protector of sea turtles always. That was the late Hank Smith, a unique person in Florida’s environmental history. I knew him as a colleague at Florida Atlantic ...

As of June 13, nearly 940 sea turtle nests had been identified along Georgia’s coast. One egg from each of those nests has been split open and emptied into a test tube. All that data contributes to ...

State lawmakers this week advanced a proposal to make the Eastern box turtle Pennsylvania’s official reptile. The House Game and Fisheries Committee on Tuesday voted without dissent to send the ...