“We get a lot of ducklings in drains, but we haven't had a lot of sea turtles." ...

With weeks still remaining in nesting season, the southwest Florida barrier islands of Sanibel and Captiva are nearing a loggerhead sea turtle record, and thousands of hatchlings ...

Discover how East Java's BSTC conservation team released 100 head-started olive ridley turtles to help them survive plastic pollution and poaching problems.

After a female tortoise is fertilized, she undergoes several changes. After mating, the female tortoise will carry eggs for weeks to months, depending on the species. As the female tortoise gets ...

April 4 (UPI) --The Philadelphia Zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoises, the first of their species to hatch at the facility in its history.

Sea turtle eggs will soon begin hatching on Georgia's coast. Here's where to see the season unfold and what visitors should ...

Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show off the highly ...

Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since 1932. By Sopan Deb Congratulations are in order for Mommy, a Galápagos ...

The birth of tortoises native to Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos increases their U.S. population from 44 to 48. A few thousand remain... A pair of Western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoises, who are ...