The South Florida Water Management District is in its second year of managing a Python Removal Program. Winners win cash ...

Parents matter. They, not the government, should control their children’s choices related to education. That simple insight should lead the Louisiana legislature this year to approve Gov. Jeff ...

Padre Island National Seashore is reducing volunteer patrols for the upcoming Kemp's ridley sea turtle nesting season. Volunteers and community members have expressed concern that fewer nests will be ...

Without official explanation from Padre Island National Seashore, community members are left to speculate about the reasoning behind the volunteer reduction. Italy launches investigation as newly ...

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The Canadian publisher of a children’s book character used by Pete Hegseth to downplay possible war crimes is distancing their cartoon turtle from the U.S. Secretary of War. “Franklin the Turtle is a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The leatherback sea turtle offers a rare look into ...

NEW ORLEANS — Audubon Aquarium is now home to tiny Diamondback terrapins as part of Louisiana’s first-ever terrapin head-start program. Diamondback terrapins are a species of turtle native to the ...

The very-crowded San Diego Humane Society is trying something new with folks considering adding a dog to the family. Under the new Adoption Trial Program, "trial adopters" can pick out an "adult" ...

A royal tern was hit by a car in 1968 along the then-new Sanibel Causeway. That single accident led to the rescue of tens of thousands of Southwest Florida's most beloved creatures and the ...