Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blanding's turtle is a threatened species in Iowa. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources) Iowa is home to 13 ...

Freshwater extinctions rarely happen overnight, especially in a habitat as large as the Yangtze River. However, it’s still possible for a species to dwindle, and dwindle enough so that only a few ...

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - Salem officials say they are trying to balance protecting a potentially endangered turtle species while taking care of the growing unhoused population in the city, but local ...

Thousands of summer tourists, illegal sunbeds, umbrellas, bars and boats have once again invaded and irreparably damaged Greece’s National Marine Park of Zakynthos, pushing the Mediterranean’s largest ...

As sea turtle nesting season starts to heat up, any turtle mamas that make the trek up the Pritchards Island beach may encounter some extra obstacles. The rapidly eroding island owned by the ...

I'd watched the viral Instagram videos of the sea turtles, I'd read a report monitoring their habitat and I'd even heard from a friend who recently saw the turtles with her own eyes. Still, the first ...

On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Conservation groups sued the federal government today for failing to protect green sea turtle habitat, which faces threats from sea-level rise, plastic pollution and global ...

A research team found that sea turtles in the US will have less suitable nesting habitat in the future because of climate change and coastal development. A research team led by Florida State ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recovery of this softshell turtle species now requires working with a global population of only two or possibly three known ...

Recovery of this softshell turtle species now requires working with a global population of only two or possibly three known individuals, though the exact number remains uncertain due to ongoing ...