Thinking about getting a pet turtle? Great choice! Turtles are low-maintenance, fascinating, and can live for decades. Don’t be surprised if some live even longer than their owners. But before you ...

The endangered Vallarta mud turtle faces severe habitat loss in Mexico, leaving its tiny surviving population at urgent risk.

NEW YORK, July 20, 2003 — -- The world's 270 species of turtles date back 200 million years, and many of them are in danger. In New York City, one man is on a mission to save 1,000 of the ...

Cars and trucks may be destroying U.S. turtle populations by squashing too many of the slow-moving animals while they forage for food or plod across highways to lay eggs, according to a report in the ...