When turtles look for love, their courtship and mating rituals are unique. Discover the distinctive ways turtles create future generations.

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If someone mentions criminal gangs, you might think of drug trafficking or financial crime. But one of the most persistent ...

The endangered Vallarta mud turtle faces severe habitat loss in Mexico, leaving its tiny surviving population at urgent risk.

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As the phases of our lives change, so too do our many needs and preferences—and that includes the companionship of little furry friends. Pet ownership is ubiquitous in America, with some two-thirds of ...

As firefighters battled floor by floor in Hong Kong's flaming Wang Fuk Court housing complex overnight to find survivors and ...

Reptiles can be great first pets when you pick the right species. The easiest ones don’t need huge tanks or complicated ...

In October, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at California’s Otay Mesa border crossing noticed an odd bulge ...

TAPAUA, Brazil (AP) — Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of the Abufari Biological Reserve in Tapaua, Amazonas ...

It sounds like a scene out of the Ocean’s series of heist movies. Only this one didn’t happen in Las Vegas, but at a Mexican university campus surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. And it wasn’t ...

The ocean is awash with plastic—more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals get tangled in plastics or swallow them, the chemicals released by the stuff ...