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 ...

Pufferfish swimming in aquarium tank against with blue background.© Sreadya.k/Shutterstock.com Turtles are not the fastest of movers on land, but in the water, they have amazing reflexes. A turtle in ...

Honu love to eat the aggressive seaweed smothering reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. That's raising hopes, but also ...

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 ...

When four turtles were found stranded in a fish ladder on the North Shore, it brought to light another consequence of the drought Massachusetts has been enduring this summer. Low flow in a river can ...

The Collier County Sea Turtle Protection Team recorded the first sea turtle nest of 2026 on Barefoot Beach. The loggerhead ...

Turtles are crossing Kentucky roads more often in spring and summer. Learn how to help them safely and legally.

If you spot a turtle trying to cross a road, it is important to follow some simple rules. Make sure that you are in a safe ...

What Kind of Turtle Is in the Video? In his pond, Zak notices his fish are acting strange. That’s when he discovers a softshell turtle has taken up residence. The reptile seems to have come from a ...

Federal officials have proposed spending $210 million for 10 projects aimed at restoring fisheries, sea turtles and invertebrate species — including shrimp, crabs, reef coral and shellfish — that were ...

It was a day full of surprises. When anglers Carter Andrews and Chase Cornell started drifting live crabs over a reef, they didn’t expect to pull up a mangrove snapper, let alone a 10-pound behemoth.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pufferfish can increase to three times their size within seconds. Turtles may be able to recover from a pufferfish’s neurotoxin, ...