A team of researchers from India have worked to solve a mystery about one of the world's biggest turtles: what happens when green turtles run out of seagrass to graze? Green turtles (Chelonia mydas), ...

Researchers found that more than double the number of organisms than previously observed live on the shells of these oceanic reptiles, raising important questions about loggerhead sea turtle ecology ...

A turtle species that does not naturally occur in this geography being kept as pets in home aquariums in Bengaluru may prove fatal to local biodiversity if corrective measures are not taken soon, ...

'Waist-deep in salamanders and turtles': U of T ecology students conduct field research in Algonquin Park A snapping turtle hitches a ride on a canoe in Algonquin Park, where third-year ecology ...

Marine turtles almost always return to the same beach to lay their eggs. The egg-laying sites are often far from the feeding areas and the females cross several hundred kilometers of ocean with no ...