Explore how climate change and habitat loss threaten turtles, leading to dire impacts on ecosystems globally. Discover the role of keystone species. Turtles survived the massive extinction event that ...

World Sea Turtles Day, marked annually on June 16, raises awareness for the protection and conservation of the species by educating people about their importance to marine ecosystems. As a keystone ...

The gopher tortoise belongs to a group of land tortoises that originated in North America 60 million years ago, making it one of the oldest living species. They are so named because of their ability ...

I recently wrote about salamanders, one of the most poorly known groups of animals. Turtles (including about 50 kinds of tortoises) are much better-known. But aside from their iconic shell, what sets ...

June 16 was World Sea Turtle Day, an occasion to consider the role these creatures play in the marine ecosystem. Florida State University Associate Professor Mariana Fuentes researches sea turtles and ...

A sea turtle’s struggle for survival starts from the moment it emerges from its shell. Having spent a gestation period of six to seven weeks under the cover of half a metre of sand, the hatchling, ...

PRAIA DO FORTE, Brazil — Sea turtles used to mean no more to Ulisses Santana, a skinny fisherman in this small coastal village, than an occasional hot meal and a bit of shark bait. Today he reveres ...

World Turtle Day 2023: World Turtle Day is annually observed on May 23rd over the globe. It began in 2000 by American Tortoise Rescue to help people celebrate and protect turtles and tortoises and ...