On this edition of Wildlife Wednesday, our Wildlife Wednesday reporter, Vinny Mutone, introduces us to three of the world’s ...

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Before leaving on a fossil-hunting trip for a summer 2021 field paleontology class, a Montana State University junior made an apparently fate-tempting plea. "I kept joking through that whole class, ...

The Turtle Survival Center, run by the Turtle Survival Alliance, exists to buy time for species that no longer have much of it. Founded in 2013 in South Carolina, the center functions as a ...

An underpass installed beneath a busy stretch of road in Eliot a few years ago has led to ‘a substantial reduction in turtle mortalities,’ according to a state biologist. A Blanding’s turtle in the ...

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Scientists have been closely monitoring a map turtle population after 10 percent died in 2022. They found a surprising culprit, and are left concerned for the future. A female northern map turtle ...

Four people were charged in an alleged New Year's Eve bombing plot that would have targeted businesses across Southern California, the FBI announced this week. The four suspects, who prosecutors ...

The publisher of the children’s book series “Franklin the Turtle” condemned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over what they called a “violent” portrayal of the character as he faces heat over strikes on ...

HAWAII (KABC) -- A man was caught on video picking up a sea turtle on a beach in Hawaii, sparking outrage among many. In the video, the man is seen grabbing and propping the animal up so a woman can ...