A snake in southwest Indonesia has shattered the Guinness World Record for the longest serpent ever spotted in the wild.

Paler than other sea turtles, the flatback turtle is a light olive-green that has a remarkably round shell (which is unusually thin and brittle) with distinctly upturned edges, and a rounded, stubby ...

Rescuers in Tampa Bay have found dozens washed up on local shores. A turtle named Patriot is examined by Florida Aquarium personnel after it was rescued on Super Bowl Sunday. [ The Florida Aquarium ] ...

A new 17-year study of loggerhead sea turtles nesting in Cabo Verde reveals exactly this tension. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London and conservationists from NGO Associação Projeto ...

A rare loggerhead turtle - a species not native to UK waters - has been rescued after being found near-dead on a Suffolk beach after being washed ashore in stormy weather. Steve Foreman was walking on ...

Hong Kong animal rights activists have called on the government to create a list of approved pets after an abandoned 85kg (187lbs) alligator snapping turtle was found eating fish in a New Territories ...

Humble Bundle states that all 16 courses have a value of $800 (~R12 925.16) so a $28.75 (~R464.50) minimum for that content is quite a substantial discount. While there is talk of an AI bubble, the ...

An underpass installed beneath a busy stretch of road in Eliot a few years ago has led to ‘a substantial reduction in turtle mortalities,’ according to a state biologist. A Blanding’s turtle in the ...

Families, children and spectators stood along the Galveston shore with wide smiles and loud cheers as they watched volunteers carry 102 sea turtles, one by one, into the Gulf on Thursday afternoon.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As South Texas braces for another night of brutal cold, the impact is already being felt along the coast and in the water. At Padre Island National Seashore, plunging water ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — For more than four decades, the Texas coast has been ground zero in the fight to save endangered sea turtles, from rescuing cold-stunned animals to protecting fragile nests ...