The Oregon Zoo released 22 northwestern pond turtles into the Columbia River Gorge to boost the endangered species' ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The John Ball Zoo is releasing their eastern box turtles into the wild. Each year, the zoo's conservation team gives groups of turtles a "head start" at the zoo. Head starting is ...

Two juvenile green sea turtles are back in the Atlantic after a successful public release Thursday afternoon at Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach following months of rehabilitation at the East Coast ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Toledo Zoo's Galapagos tortoise "Emerson" has died, the zoo said in a social media post Friday morning. Emerson died peacefully Thursday, the zoo said, adding that Emerson had a ...

It can be a stab in the heart when the little one you raised grows up and heads off without a backward glance. But for the ...

This a tale of two turtles. One is threatened, the other endangered — and heavy with eggs. Both remain in "guarded" condition at Brevard Zoo. These two imperiled reptiles of the sea are at the zoo ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A rare tortoise species native to Madagascar is going to get some help from the John Ball Zoo. For years, the Grand Rapids zoo's conservation team has tracked regional turtle ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — As turtles emerge from their winter naps, one Michigan zoo is urging drivers to keep their eyes out for those slow-moving travelers. John Ball Zoo, in Grand Rapids, is asking ...

Nashville Zoo Turtle Enjoying Scratches Like He’s a Dog Is Simply Irresistible originally appeared on PetHelpful. One of the great things about being an animal lover is learning all kinds of ...

These bog turtles, whose "shells are roughly the size of a quarter," according to the zoo, are native to the Peach State. Unfortunately, the zoo adds these types of turtles are critically endangered, ...

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife biologists collected the turtles as hatchlings from sites in the Gorge last spring.