HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, June 19 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers in Halifax, Nova Scotia, say they're thrilled a rare leatherback sea turtle they tagged and released last summer turned up in Colombia.
MIAMI, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- "Johnny" the sea turtle has returned to the Atlantic Ocean after spending three months in a Florida turtle hospital recovering from a machete attack.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 20 (UPI) -- A man who captured a 103-pound turtle argues the animal is of record-breaking size, but experts say they doubt his claim is warranted.
CLEVELAND, April 22 (UPI) -- U.S. biologists say a Swinhoe's soft-shell turtle -- thought to be extinct in nature -- has been found in northern Vietnam.
LITHIA, Fla., Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A pet turtle in Florida survived a voyage into the digestive tract of a family dog with only minor injuries. Pepper, a turtle owned by 12-year-old Shelby Terihay, was swallowed by Bella, the family's golden retriever. The turtle was spending the night in
CHONGQING, China, April 27 (UPI) -- Man Niu, the world's largest living mossback turtle, has taken a bride in a ceremony in the Chinese city of Chongqing.
HEDLAND, Australia, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A turtle monitoring program for flatback turtle rookeries at Port Hedland, Australia, has been funded by the government.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A green sea turtle laid 124 eggs on a Virginia beach, and it's being considered a historic moment by wildlife biologists.
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, July 20 (UPI) -- An identification microchip in a critically endangered south Asian river turtle's foot has enabled Vietnamese officials and wildlife workers to rescue it.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, June 15 (UPI) -- Five people had died and 60 others were seriously ill Wednesday after eating an endangered giant sea turtle in Cambodia.
