Not long ago, I came across a turtle trying to cross a road. I always try to help turtles cross the street (traffic and road safety permitting) since they’re determined little creatures that often get ...

Wildlife officials are racing to rescue hundreds of "cold-stunned" green sea turtles immobilized by plunging temperatures in Texas. The threatened turtles are being moved to rehab facilities after ...

HOUSTON — With the Fourth of July coming up, a lot of Texans are heading to the beach, but unexpected guests are trying to join the party: sea turtles. Sea turtle rehabilitation facilities along the ...

This time, she deposited 96 eggs, bringing her total to 195 eggs laid in Surfside in just over a month. In April, she was recorded laying 99 eggs on the same beach. According to GCSTR, this nest marks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas Game Warden holds rescued sea turtle Image by Texas Parks and WildlifeX Wildlife officials and volunteers scrambled to ...

Kemp's ridley sea turtles, the most endangered sea turtle species, will nest on Texas beaches from April through mid-summer. Beach drivers on Padre Island National Seashore should be cautious during ...

They may look like prehistoric bruisers with faces only a biologist could love, but alligator snapping turtles are proving they're more than just brawn. According to new research from the Texas Parks ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Corpus Christi community wished three turtles safe travels as they made their way back home to the waters of North Padre Island. Two loggerheads, weighing as much as 150 ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — A recent sudden dip in temperatures in South Texas forced the rescue of dozens of cold-stunned sea turtles from the Gulf of Mexico, where volunteers at the Sea Turtle ...

While patrolling Surfside Beach early Monday morning, Officer Jimmy McDaniel witnessed something extraordinary: a Kemp's ridley sea turtle—the rarest sea turtle species in the world—resting in the ...

Magpie, a dog from Satchel’s Last Resort, is heading to South Padre Island, where her scent-detection training will help conservationists locate and protect endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtle nests.

HOUSTON — With the Fourth of July coming up, a lot of Texans are heading to the beach, but unexpected guests are trying to join the party: sea turtles. Sea turtle rehabilitation facilities along the ...