Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. If you’re looking for information on a specific species like snapping turtles, a good place to start is the Connecticut Department of Energy ...

Both turtles had been discovered off southern New England beaches with injuries caused by fishing hooks and taken to the aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut, for treatment by its Animal Rescue team.

HARTFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - Turtle nesting season has arrived in Connecticut and it will last well into the summer. Female turtles travel far to lay their eggs in specific areas with loose soil ...

Why do snapping turtles cross Connecticut’s roads? The short answer: To get to the other side. But there’s a specific reason — and season — that these turtles embark on this journey.

Wildlife biologists in Connecticut work with conservation groups and turtle experts to find successful ways to better protect the state’s native turtle populations, she said. Behind the ...

Giant Snapping Turtle Dubbed 'Chonkosaurus' Spotted in Chicago River Francesca Battaglia, an animal rescue technician and research assistant at the Connecticut aquarium, said that the sea turtle ...

How did the turtle cross the road? In Middletown, Conn., with the help of a dry cleaner. Middletown is home to a Best Cleaners, where an unofficial part of staff member Jennifer Malon's job has ...

Conservationists in Florida saved an endangered loggerhead sea turtle after it was hit by a boat only to find out it was ...