The orb turned out to be a gopher tortoise that had been spray painted ... species in Florida, and state laws forbid harassing them or disturbing their burrows. “Paint on any turtle shell ...

A golfer’s unlikely shot injured a painted turtle at a Cape Cod golf course on Monday. According to the Cape Wildlife Center, the turtle that resides on one of the course’s water features was ...

How long can a turtle stay underwater before it needs to surface to breathe? John Crowther Tampa, Florida It depends on the species, locality and temperature. Painted and other turtles living in ...

When I placed a turtle upside down in the sand to photograph its underside, it endured the ignominious treatment peacefully. They are gentle animals. Fossils show that painted turtles lived 15 ...

Sea turtle nests increased this year along a stretch of Florida’s Gulf Coast before a trio of hurricanes washed many of them away, aquarium officials said Friday. There were 271 nests documented ...

One of the animals added to its list of at-risk animals is the midland painted turtle. More than a quarter of Canada's at-risk species live in southwestern Ontario — and it looks like the ...