MYSTIC, Conn. (WPRI) — The busy season for Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Program is here. The nonprofit program is ...

The discovery of the highly endangered Kemp's ridley turtle has prompted a $380 million restoration plan for 13 miles of ...

Watch a baby snapping turtle instinctively hunt down worms with surprising speed and precision. This close-up moment captures natural predatory behavior and the raw survival instincts present even at ...

While adult turtles need large tanks, hatchling turtles can be temporarily kept in turtle tank setups designed specifically ...

Newly hatched turtles are seen making their first slow journey across the sand shortly after emerging from their nest.

Green turtles start out their life all the same: buried in sand. Read here to learn how green turtle hatchlings emerge.

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

Trump spent New Year’s Eve grooving to the sounds of Vanilla Ice—and in unison with a pizza-loving, sewer-dwelling, ‘80s icon ...

Baby fever hit New Jersey’s Turtle Back Zoo in late November when Makena, the zoo’s three-year-old lioness, gave birth two ...

Vanilla Ice performed 'Ice Ice Baby' at Trump's Mar-a-Lago NYE party, joined by a dancing Ninja Turtle as officials danced ...

Five rescued northern diamondback terrapin hatchlings will spend the winter at the Liberty Science Center. The turtles were rescued from a vulnerable nesting site on Long Beach Island after hatching ...

The turtles were rescued from Long Beach Island. The effort was made possible through Project Terrapin – a research and education initiative dedicated to protecting New Jersey’s diamondback terrapin ...