On July 27, park biologists found a 'leucistic' loggerhead sea turtle at the bottom of a nest. That means the sea turtle has a whiter coloration than his siblings, making him very rare. But his white ...

Marty Claussen was relieved when an expert visited his home just outside of Oakford to confirm that he wasn’t crazy. “I felt better after he came down,” Claussen says of a visit by Illinois Department ...

As a kid growing up in the Lehigh Valley countryside, I had more wild animal neighbors than human neighbors. Some of the former were turtles, with which I’d cross paths on regular occasion. It was a ...

A gene for red colour vision that originated in the reptile lineage around 250 million years ago has resulted in the bright red bird feathers and 'painted' turtles we see today, and may be evidence ...

Introducing turtles -- Form and function -- Turtle colors -- Turtle behavior -- Turtle ecology -- Reproduction and development -- Foods and feeding -- Turtles and humans -- Turtle problems (from a ...