BALTIMORE (WJZ) --Look out for sunbathing turtles on your next trip to the Inner Harbor. The Waterfront Partnership has installed a 100-square-foot turtle island in a canal along Lancaster Street.

Melissa Breyer is Treehugger’s former senior editorial director. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Audubon Magazine, and ...

Western painted turtles at Ladd Marsh now have a better chance of surviving because they can safely sun worship. Boy Scout Nathan Olmsted has built 10 turtle basking platforms for the Ladd Marsh ...

Nocturnal basking has only recently been reported in wild freshwater turtles, but this study suggests that the behaviour is widespread and occurs in many species. Postdoctoral Researcher at La Trobe ...

Just before sunset on one of Hawaii’s premier stretches of beach, a sea turtle drags itself out of the surf and onto the sand to bask, as humans sunbathe and frolic nearby. A handful of people gather ...