In a candid interview, Dr. Dhriti Banerjee, the first woman director of the 110-year-old Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), ...

A large sea turtle found injured along the Florida coast in May following a boat strike has been returned to the ocean.

Bengaluru customs nab Tamil Nadu man carrying 2,547 red-eared slider turtles from Singapore According to officials, 517 out of 2,547 turtles were found dead, due to suffocation.

Red-eared sliders, a popular turtle pet, can pose a risk to western painted turtles if people discard them into nature. (Chelsea Jacobs/CBC) 'That little extra boost in life' The recovery operation is ...

Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." ...

It’s been a bumper year for the Greater Vancouver Zoo’s project to help save the endangered western painted turtle, which is the only native freshwater turtle in ...

"When people don't want (red-eared sliders) as pets, they have released them into our lakes and ponds that contain western painted turtles," said Prasad, "Unfortunately, because the red-eared ...

In addition to predators, both human and natural, the turtles face competition from invasive red-eared sliders, a turtle species that is larger, breeds more prolifically, and is popular in the pet ...

The turtle is listed as an endangered species by the federal government and red-listed in B.C., meaning they face the highest risk of extinction in the province. In addition to predators, both human ...

No more red-eared sliders. Newly passed legislation in Vermont bans the importation and sale of pond slider turtles into the state, which includes the popular red-eared slider.