JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — 11 out of the 16 documented turtle species in the Volunteer State can be found in and around East Tennessee. Whether you’re curious about what turtle is the smallest, ...

A bale of Arakan forest turtles — a critically endangered species — were welcomed to the world recently at an aquarium in Tennessee. The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tennessee, announced the ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Two critically endangered Arakan Forest Turtles hatched at Tennessee Aquarium. They are the first of their species to hatch at an accredited aquarium or zoo since 2017. The ...

This week two Arakan Forest Turtles were hatched at the Tennessee Aquarium. No zoo or aquarium has successfully bred this species since the hatching of a single individual at the California-based ...

GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Ongoing research at East Tennessee State University’s (ETSU) Gray Fossil Site unearthed a species of horned painted turtles completely new to science, school officials say.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Tennessee Aquarium has just hatched seven critically endangered turtles. Habitat destruction has caused a great difficulty for the Arakan Forest Turtle. They are now ...

Parents everywhere have it tough, but for Four-eyed Turtle moms, life in the wild is especially harrowing. Found in forests and wetlands along a crescent-shaped arc range spanning China, Laos, and ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Harrisburg University of Science and Technology professor has identified an extinct species of painted turtle, one that is entirely new to science. Dr. Steven Jasinski, a professor ...

An environmental scientist at Harrisburg University recently found the shell of an extinct, previously unknown turtle species at a fossil site in Tennessee. The discovery of the painted turtle – which ...

Dr. Steven Jansinki, a professor at the Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, was at the Gray Fossil Site in northeastern Tennessee when this discovery occurred. A press release from the ...