A new study finds high land-based and human-activity related plastic litter at four key olive ridley mass nesting beaches in ...

A rare type of sea turtle is on the road to recover at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center in Jekyll Island, Georgia. But this reptile is the offspring of a surprising parent duo: a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle ...

This segment works because it shows the exact moment theory turns into proof. He follows the trail, reads the mud correctly, and then finds the snapping turtle hidden beneath the surface. Once the ...

They discovered a turtle trapped in a dry place where the water had almost disappeared. The animal was struggling in the hot mud and needed help quickly. They carefully rescued the turtle and built a ...

The spiny softshell turtle is rarely seen in the wild. It burrows its round, speckled shell and long neck under sand, with just its snorkel-like nose peeking out. At the Bays Mountain Park and ...

For hundreds of years, people believed that, come autumn, barn swallows would dive under the surface of ponds and lakes, swim to the bottom, and bury themselves in the mud for the winter. We now know ...

Some turtles enter a sort of hibernation state for the winter called brumation. Illustration by Adelaide Murphy Tyrol. For hundreds of years, people believed that come autumn, barn swallows would dive ...

For hundreds of years, people believed that, come autumn, barn swallows would dive under the surface of ponds and lakes, swim to the bottom, and bury themselves in the mud for the winter. We now know ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. For hundreds of years, people believed that, come autumn, barn swallows would dive under the surface of ponds and lakes, swim to the bottom, and bury ...