MOBILE, Alabama-- The Mobile-Tensaw Delta ranks as one of the two or three most diverse places on the planet for turtles, home to 18 freshwater species. But that diversity is under threat, scientists ...

ATLANTA –Zoo Atlanta has hatched a rare Arakan forest turtle, a victory for researchers trying to save the endangered Asian species _ one shell at a time. The week-old turtle is the fourth of the ...

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In the early 1990s, biologists in southeast Asia discovered a species of turtle unknown to science. But there was a catch: They didn't know where it came from. Cuora picturata, as the new turtle was ...

Usually animal pens in zoos are designed to resemble a species’ native habitat: lions in sprawling savanna, pandas in bamboo forests, and crocodiles in mangroves. But a new pen at the Zoological ...

DARIEN, Ill. (CBS)-- A snapping turtle trapped in a barrier meant to stop Asian carp has prompted DuPage County officials to take a look at that barrier to make sure it's not a consistent problem for ...

ATLANTA ” Zoo Atlanta hatched a rare Arakan forest turtle this week, a victory for researchers trying to save the endangered species ” one shell at a time. The hatchling is the fourth of the brown-and ...

A new graphic novel written by Gene Luen Yang re-imagines the Green Turtle, a mysterious superhero created during World War II, as the... Was The Green Turtle The First Asian-American Superhero? For ...

Zoo Atlanta hatched a rare Arakan forest turtle this week, a victory for researchers trying to save the endangered species. The hatchling is the fourth of the brown-and-tan spotted reptiles born there ...

For the first time since the 1940s, the Green Turtle is returning to comic bookshelves. The long-forgotten character has been resurrected in The Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel about what many comic ...

The featured star of the short-lived title Blazing Comics from Rural Home Publications in 1944-1945, the Green Turtle was the creation of Chinese-American artist Chu F. Hing. The five-issue run of the ...