Sometimes plunging in headfirst and barehanded is the most efficient way to nab the lizard, says Mike Kimmel, who goes by Python Cowboy.

For more than 30 years, we’ve been a proud supporter of Essex County Turtle Back Zoo. This year, our employees and their families rolled up their sleeves for the annual Turtle Back Zoo Day of Service, ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / For more than 30 years, we've been a proud supporter of Essex County Turtle Back Zoo. This year, our employees and their families rolled up ...

The V.I. National Park Sea Turtle Program, run by Friends of Virgin Islands National Park, has been cataloging underwater photographs of sea turtles, and a paper on their research has been published ...

The Vallarta mud turtle, the world’s smallest turtle, lives only in temporary lagoons in the Mexican city of Puerto Vallarta, which poses a huge challenge for its conservation. By the time scientists ...

NEW ORLEANS — Audubon Aquarium is now home to tiny Diamondback terrapins as part of Louisiana’s first-ever terrapin head-start program. Diamondback terrapins are a species of turtle native to the ...

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 ...

Frigid seas trap turtles in deadly waters — and put Florida veterinarians on the front line of a climate emergency. Frigid seas trap turtles in deadly waters — and put Florida veterinarians on the ...

From sandcastles to sunscreen, how you can make small changes to help sea turtles. Freed from its nest, a tiny three-day-old loggerhead sea turtle hatchling makes for the open gulf in 2014. Lane ...

MELBOURNE, Fla. – Last week, rough waves and heavy winds pushed dense sargassum seaweed onto Florida beaches, trapping hundreds of sea turtle hatchlings. [WATCH: Heavy Winds and rough seas push ...

Luna, a 5-year-old ball python, died in the Nederland shopping center fire on Oct. 9, 2025. Courtesy of Wild Bear Nature Center. Westie, a 20-year-old turtle who “loved crickets and attention,” and ...

The Sea Turtle Hospital at the UF Whitney Laboratory in St. Augustine is launching its Adopt a Washback Sea Turtle program this month. The program runs Oct. 21-31. Those symbolically adopting one of ...