Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says keeping native turtles as pets is prohibited because it can harm the turtle and pose threats ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will add new protections for a rare turtle whose ridged shell looks like a topographic map, with the goal of keeping it from going extinct. The federal agency has ...

The FWC has brought in freezing turtles from St. Joe’s Bay and set them up in tanks positioned at the Gulf Specimen Marine ...

Pufferfish can increase to three times their size within seconds. Turtles may be able to recover from a pufferfish’s neurotoxin, but there is no antidote for tetrodotoxin. Turtles are not the fastest ...

Last month, a foul odor began spreading through Sanford after hundreds of fish and turtles were found dead near a ...

Cold air and frigid waters have caused more than 600 young green sea turtles to wash ashore on Florida’s beaches this month — and more are turning up every day. Rescuers have saved them from the sand ...

A photo provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shows rescuers at the shoreline of St. Joseph Bay in the Florida Panhandle searching for turtles in cold-induced comas, ...

SEATTLE — The Woodland Park Zoo and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists (WDFW) are preparing more than 35 Western Pond turtles for release in the wild. As part of the Western Pond ...

Hundreds of fish and several turtles were found dead in a drained pond near a construction site in Sanford, prompting questions about whether work was permitted and who is responsible for cleaning up ...

Many of the fish and turtles at Tackett's Mill in Lake Ridge have died, the shopping center said in a Thursday Facebook post. "We are saddened to report a water main break in the county's drinking ...