COLUMBUS - The first newborn of 2017 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is a northern snake-necked turtle. From the recent clutch, four turtles were hatched: one on December 29, 31, and January 1. All ...

We know—and love—the Turtle Rescue Team here at The Abstract. But their work isn't just limited to our shelled friends: ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - As spring temperatures rise across the Ozarks, reptiles and amphibians are emerging in greater numbers to find mates and nesting sites. This may require these scaly and slimy ...

POWELL, OH (WCMH) — The firstborn animals at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in 2017 are snake-necked turtles, the Zoo announced Friday. Two turtles hatched in 2016, and two in 2017. All four turtles ...

Bruce Doyle sent an amazing photo from First Landing State Park of a box turtle wrapped round and round by a black snake. “With my walking stick, I uncoiled the snake (which resisted seriously in ...

Three animals affected by this month’s Wolfsnare Creek fuel spill have been rehabilitated and released, according to a press release from the Navy. About 94,000 gallons of jet fuel escaped when a line ...

This story is part of Grist’s Summer Dreams arts and culture series, a weeklong exploration of how popular fiction can influence our environmental reality. People thought the snake spotted in the park ...

This story begins in the courtyard of Riverside School in Princeton, where a captive population box turtles has long served a key role in the lesson plans of science teacher Mark Eastburn. Eastburn ...