As I held the spotted turtle that Rick Koval and I just captured in a Luzerne County swamp, it struck me just how colorful turtles really are. I always assumed turtles were just drab shades of dark ...

Twice the body parts, twice the cuteness. A two-headed spotted turtle hatchling was found on Hilton Head Island, S.C. on Wednesday, Fox 46 Charlotte reports. Non-profit Sea Turtle Patrol Hilton Head ...

The story of this spring has been the weather, specifically, the rain that just keeps falling. Add in the new arrival of the hazy smoke blowing south from Canadian wildfires and you’ve got a soggy, ...

Ohio has rare fishers roaming the woods, rare massasauga rattlesnakes and two other venomou s snakes within its borders. Now the Buckeye State is on the hunt for Ohio's rare turtles. Ohio is one of ...

The spotted turtle's alluring features — its diminutive size, smooth black shell and dainty yellow speckles — have unfortunately contributed to its decline, since its charisma has made it a favorite ...

EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WV (WCHS/WVAH) — They are cute, well-mannered and live a long time. But unfortunately, it's those same qualities that have severely hurt the Spotted Turtle population through ...

The unusual bright yellow creature, an albino Indian flapshell turtle, got rescued in West Bengal, India. And the internet thinks it looks like cheese, or an egg yolk. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes ...

NAMED FOR THEIR polka-dot-like markings, spotted turtles have declined throughout most of their range, which stretches from Maine south along the Atlantic coastal plain to northern Florida, and from ...

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ARLINGTON, Va. — A man visiting from Boston saw something completely unexpected while riding a Blue Line Metro train Wednesday night. You may have heard of snakes on a plane, but what about turtle on ...