Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gracie Jeffries, a fifth grade student at Olive Tree Care in Loudonville, has an eye-to-eye encounter with a gray rat snake during ...

A research team led by NYIT scientist Gaberiel Bever has determined that a 260-million year-old fossil species found in South Africa's Karoo Basin provides a long awaited glimpse into the murky ...

SAN FRANCISCO (November 24, 2014) --A team of scientists, including researchers from the California Academy of Sciences, has reconstructed a detailed "tree of life" for turtles. The specifics of how ...

Turtles with shell-cracking jaws were far more likely to survive extinction due to their ability to be sustained on a restricted diet.

A turtle tied to several helium inflated balloons was found dangling from a tree in San Diego. While the reptile is now free, officials are still searching for those responsible. A turtle was found ...

Scientists say a 260-million-year-old fossil from Africa is that of the earliest-known turtle, despite not having a shell, and marks the first branch of the turtle tree of life. Although it lacked the ...

A mother sea turtle crawls back to the ocean on Thursday, July 5 after Friends of Hunting Island volunteers helped rescue her from under a fallen tree. Friends of Hunting Island Sea Turtle ...