Freshwater turtles eat insects and aquatic larvae, crustaceans and aquatic vegetation. Most Asian turtles and tortoises dig themselves nests in mud or sand to lay their eggs. The hatchlings are born ...

Water turtles require more extensive care and are recommended to be kept outdoors to help duplicate it's natural environment, the club said. The turtle needs a large swimming area (a children's pool ...

A solar project 38 miles west of Las Vegas was approved on Thursday despite environmental conflicts with the threatened ...

Biologists decided to head-start about 550 young tortoises that were taken from expansion areas. Then, starting a couple of years ago, Henen’s team began gathering, incubating and hatching eggs ...

Biologists decided to head-start about 550 young tortoises that were taken from expansion areas. Then, starting a couple of years ago, Henen's team began gathering, incubating and hatching eggs ...

Tortoises are also threatened by disease, invasive species like fire ants, and climate change. Characteristics such as delayed sexual maturity, dependence on high adult survival rates and high levels ...