Turtles are fascinating creatures because they can live as long as humans, sometimes even longer. Their slow-moving mannerisms and rigid shield make them unique in the animal kingdom. In Texas, there ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The weather is warmer, and it is now getting into that time of year where you might see some more turtles or tortoises roaming around. Red-eared sliders, river cooters, three-toed box ...

GALVESTON, Texas — If you see what looks like a box washing up along a Texas beach, there’s a reason. According to the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research, 80 of these objects were released from ...

As spring blankets Texas in a wave of blooming wildflowers and budding trees, another seasonal sign is quietly creeping across roads and highways: turtles on the move. Oblivious to traffic and speed ...

Rockalina spent 50 years without companionship. Now, after a new lease on life, her life is more enriched by the introduction ...

Confiscated live animals are temporarily held in what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service calls their “live room” at an office building near Los Angeles International Airport, while authorities try to ...

AUSTIN — Turtles are a natural resource in Texas and should be protected, Texas Parks and Wildlife commissioners agreed as they prepared to move forward with a staff proposal that would ban the ...

PADRE ISLAND, Texas - Another 1,700 sea turtles were released back into Gulf waters off the South Texas coast on Tuesday following a record-setting storm that pummeled the state and cold-stunned ...