Students from the Capital Region BOCES Career and Technical Education Center Pet Tech program are fostering a yellow-bellied slider turtle until it finds a permanent ...

Authorities intercepted hundreds of snake and turtle skins intended for the wildlife trade, including 445 python skins, at a ...

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Padre Island National Seashore is reducing volunteer patrols for the upcoming Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting season. Volunteers and community members have expressed concern that fewer nests will be ...

They're fearless scientists who capture alligators, track invasive pythons, stop the spread of destructive species and protect some of Florida’s most fragile ecosystems. All while you're sleeping.

Recovery of this softshell turtle species now requires working with a global population of only two or possibly three known individuals, though the exact number remains uncertain due to ongoing ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

Loggerhead turtles accounted for the vast majority of nests, with 5,384 recorded. A record number of sea turtle disorientations, 716 instances, were also documented this year. Experts advise beach ...

A royal tern was hit by a car in 1968 along the then-new Sanibel Causeway. That single accident led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Southwest Florida's most beloved creatures and the ...