(CNN) -- The green sea turtle nicknamed "Piggy Bank" has died after vets in Thailand removed 915 coins from her stomach earlier this month. The coins were good luck pennies thrown into the pond where ...

A new long-running project allows undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience with ecological research in the heart of the UT Austin campus. Assistant Professor Justin Havird oversees the ...

QUINCY – Penelope Boyd, 9, of Quincy, carefully put the turtle on the ground. The turtle crawled toward the center of the lake, and gradually disappeared from view. Penelope was one of a group of ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. A rotund turtle with an extra-long neck and short legs bumbled across the bottom of ...

What looks and feels like a river rock, has four webbed feet, a pointy snout with beady eyes, buries itself during winter, and dines on small frogs, fish, aquatic insects and plants? These are ...

My first sighting of a snapping turtle this spring seemed an auspicious start to turtle season. Some teenage boys had pulled their car to the side of the road, warning lights flashing, and were out ...

“Pond turtle” is something of a misnomer, because this reptile more frequently lives in rivers and spends a lot of time in terrestrial habitats. As the West Coast's only native freshwater turtle, the ...

“One reason American bullfrogs are among the top worst globally introduced pests is because they eat everything — anything that fits into their mouth,” said senior author Brian Todd, a UC Davis ...