Dozens of wildlife organizations have come together to urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to declare the wood turtle an ...

A group of conservation organizations is calling on the federal government to list the Maryland-native wood turtle as an ...

Painted turtles sunning themselves in a pond. Why are sea turtles endangered? Discover the human impact on North American turtles and learn about the steps we can take to help. When I was young, my ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Kemp's ridley sea turtle — the most endangered species of the reptile — had been hooked by an angler on a fishing pier in ...

After being rescued from Cape Cod last winter, and months of rehabilitation, a group of 34 endangered sea turtles were released from Jekyll Island this week.

OUT ABOUT HER JOURNEY HERE TO KANSAS CITY. SHE MIGHT BE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED AND A LITTLE SHY, BUT YOU COULD STILL SEE HER RIGHT NOW AT SEA LIFE. THEY EVEN NEED YOUR HELP PICKING OUT HER NAME FOR ...

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 ...

More than half of the world’s 359 turtle and tortoise species now face extinction, with the crisis worsening despite global conservation efforts. Asia is the epicenter of the crisis, accounting for 32 ...

GALVESTON, Texas — A massive Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that washed ashore along the Texas coast is now recovering after being rescued by researchers and treated by veterinarians. The endangered turtle ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two dozen Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are rehabilitating in Florida after the frigid waters off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, left them struggling with frostbite, pneumonia and ...