A 77-year-old man caused a two-vehicle crash and died on Interstate 95 while trying to help an animal that ventured onto the ...

As if one spray-painted turtle wasn't enough, a second turtle, found by the same person who rescued the first turtle, became a patient at von Arx. This gopher tortoise was found painted gold and pink.

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples originally shared on Nov. 22 that the animals had been found spray painted, which could lead to future health issues.

This is the moment a painted turtle trying to cross a road in Florida on October 27 was hit by a truck. Bizarrely, the impact sent her flying into the air and through another vehicle's windshield.

It has been a record year for the sea turtle nesting season in Florida. Turtles are once again proving that slow and steady wins the race. Decades after initiating protections for the turtles that ...

The golf ball barely missed the painted turtle's spine and vital organs. ... Dozens of cold-stunned turtles rescued in Florida Dozens of cold-stunned turtles rescued in Florida. By Laura Baisas.

In Algonquin, Canada, a freshly hatched painted turtle faces mortal danger - she must cross Highway 60. If she makes it she still has a forest of giants to travel through before she reaches the ...

A sea turtle hospital in Florida is nominated for USA TODAY'S Readers' Choice list of the best free attractions in the country. Here's how to vote.

And then there's spray paint. That's right. Spray paint. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples recently treated two gopher tortoises that were spray painted by someone who thought it ...

He posted the incredible photo on his Traveling with Jef Facebook page with the caption, “You know you’re in #florida when you see a turtle riding a gator around a pond like it’s a horse ...

A sea turtle has been sent back into the ocean off the coast of Florida after recovering from some serious wounds. Bubba is a 375-pound loggerhead sea turtle who was found by biologists with ...