Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton is reminding New Yorkers that turtles are nesting in May ...

World Turtle Day is celebrated every May 23 to raise awareness about the threats faced by turtles and tortoises. Turtles, tortoises and terrapins, which together make up the order Testudines, have ...

For 43 years, the green sea turtle carried one of conservation's heaviest labels: endangered. Poaching gutted nesting populations, and coastal development claimed the beaches where females returned to ...

Growing up in South Florida, turtle nesting season had an understated excitement that felt palpable. From Fort Lauderdale to Miami Beach, I'd see stakes bordering nests in the sand and caution tape, ...