Disappearing habitat threatens North America’s tiniest turtle. A bog turtle, North America’s tiniest turtle, is no bigger than your hand. Its habitat is disappearing, and it needs help. Scientists are ...

Kemp's ridley sea turtles used to thrive in the Gulf of Mexico, but since the mid-1900s, populations have dwindled so much that they are now the world's most endangered sea turtle species. But now, a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — A petition is ...

Louisiana officials announced they discovered the hatchlings of the world’s smallest sea turtle species on an island just off the coast of New Orleans for the first time in 75 years. Officials ...

North America's smallest turtle has crawled into a bit of a bog, and the federal government is pondering whether protections for the species are warranted to get it out. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

As explained by the Associated Press earlier this month, the number of stranded sea turtles in the New England area "has multiplied over the last 20 years, filling one specialized animal hospital with ...

NEW ORLEANS — The world's smallest and most endangered sea turtles have hatched in Louisiana's wilds for the first known time in more than 75 years, officials said Wednesday. "Louisiana was largely ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Aquarium admitted its smallest patient into its Sea Turtle Care Center after it was found floating on marine debris. Chia, a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle, was ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — A petition is calling for the protection of the southern bog turtle, North America’s smallest turtle, a species native to North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia.

The world's smallest and most endangered sea turtles have hatched in Louisiana for the first known time in more than 75 years. They were found on an island just off the coast of New Orleans. The ...