Some success is being seen in the second month of what could be a years-long effort to eradicate invasive red-eared slider turtles and bullfrogs from the Cache Creek Nature Preserve. The effort began ...

A continuing eradication effort of bullfrogs and red-eared slider turtles at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve may be having an effect. While it’s still too soon to know how successful the removal ...

Editor's Note: This is the last in a two-part series on turtles. Although turtles usually are not a pest to people, they can sometimes reach numbers where economic damage occurs. There are a variety ...

When diamondback terrapins spy bait sitting in a crab pot, they often push their way inside to feast, only to get stuck. Terrapins, a small and vulnerable species, use lungs to breathe and can drown ...

QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — As global warming fills the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles, the number of stranded reptiles has multiplied over the last 20 years, filling ...

MARATHON, Fla. — This week’s Don’t Trash Our Treasure has a concerning update on Florida sea turtles. Though nesting numbers are up, adult turtles continue to face threats due to human pressure.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— A new rule aimed at protecting diamondback terrapin turtles from drowning in recreational blue crab traps will go into effect Wednesday, March 1. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deputies from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Marine Patrol Unit rescued a loggerhead sea turtle that had become entangled in a crab trap ...