A rare type of sea turtle is on the road to recover at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center in Jekyll Island, Georgia. But this reptile is the offspring of a surprising parent duo: a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle ...

The Kemp's ridley sea turtle — the most endangered species of the reptile — had been hooked by an angler on a fishing pier in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Kemp's ridley sea turtle swims into the ocean after being released by New England Aquarium biologists in West Dennis, ...

Four endangered Northern red-bellied cooter turtles, no bigger than a quarter arrived at Wheaton College in Norton last ...

The global population of green turtles has increased approximately 28% since the 1970s, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature Green sea turtles are no longer endangered, ...

Beachgoers are reporting seeing leatherback sea turtles, the largest turtle in the world and an endangered species. Despite ...

Wildlife advocates celebrate after a bill that critics say would have crippled the Endangered Species Act was withdrawn from ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

As lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives return this week from a spring recess, one decision they're expected to ...

The House pulled a scheduled vote on a bill that would significantly change the longstanding animal protection law.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Dozens of wildlife organizations have come together to urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to declare the wood turtle an endangered species. A letter was penned to the ...

The first Earth Day, in 1970, came in response to a series of environmental disasters. The pesticide DDT was devastating bird ...