More than three dozen turtles could return to the University of Texas by the weekend as student researchers wrap up their ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering designating the eastern box turtle as the state reptile. The bill's inspiration came from a first-grade class that noticed Pennsylvania lacked a state reptile.

Leatherbacks can dive to depths of 4,200 feet—deeper than any other turtle—and can stay down for up to 85 minutes. Leatherbacks have the widest global distribution of all reptile species ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

“Pond turtle” is something of a misnomer, because this reptile more frequently lives in rivers and spends a lot of time in terrestrial habitats. As the West Coast's only native freshwater turtle, the ...

since it's the only turtle inhabiting its very small range. The U.S. population of this unique reptile has been reduced to a single reservoir within the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, named ...