In a high tech update to radio-tracking wildlife, threatened snapping turtles are being outfitted with solar powered computers linked to a create a network that records and stores information, transmitting it to a central location. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

In New York, box turtles and wood turtles are species of special concern; the Blanding’s turtle is listed as threatened. Virtually every turtle species in the state — even the more common snapping and painted turtles — are listed at some level of concern, Breisch said. “Turtles are the most severely impacted group of vertebrates by humans,” he said. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Earlier this summer, Betty Kratzke noticed that something was disturbing the ground near the flowers that line her driveway. Solving the mystery this week proved to be a snap — when baby snapping turtles started crawling around her yard. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A marine biologist has helped fill in the so-called lost years of Australia's loggerhead turtles by discovering they are using ocean currents to undertake a 20,000-kilometre, round trip across the Pacific Ocean. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Wildlife officials in Massachusetts are struggling with the rising problem of turtles crossing dangerous roads for a little sex. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" co-creator Kevin Eastman has confirmed the rumors that Imagi and Warner Bros. are in talks to develop a new live-action movie based on the characters. picked by punthe 1 year ago

She's almost kind of cute. I want to be friends with her. picked by Nick 3 years ago

A commercial fishing boat pulls in a net full of shrimp or tuna and finds a loggerhead sea turtle mixed in with the catch.

Biologists say these takings can happen every day among fishing fleets off the Southeast coast. Those numbers can add up to thousands annually for a turtle species that has traveled the oceans for 200 million years but now faces a growing array of threats. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

Nice upcoming movie. picked by madalinmadalin 3 years ago

Developers in Florida will no longer be allowed to crush or bury alive gopher tortoises instead of relocating them during construction. 70,000 unfortunate tortoises have been cruelly dispatched in the last 14 years under current state law. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago

Braiins! Braiins!! Turtles!! ...??! picked by scobrakid 2 years ago