Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says keeping native turtles as pets is prohibited because it can harm the turtle and pose threats ...

A recent publication by Steven G. Platt and Thomas R. Rainwater in the scientific journal “Southeastern Naturalist” discusses an intriguing predator-prey relationship between turtles and fish. Their ...

Marine aquaculture pens have to be regularly checked for holes, plus the fish need to be inspected for parasites. And although the job is typically performed by human divers, it turns out that a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pufferfish can increase to three times their size within seconds. Turtles may be able to recover from a pufferfish’s neurotoxin, ...

A group of conservation organizations is calling on the federal government to list the Maryland-native wood turtle as an ...

From the editorial: "The Gopher State regularly monitors and studies wood turtles and their numbers, reporting in its 2020 ...

The money comes from an $8.8 billion settlement that BP entered into with the federal government and Gulf Coast states in 2016 to try to remediate some of the extensive damage. The settlement set ...

CONCORD, N.H. (CBS) - The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department issued a simple plea on Tuesday to anyone who comes across a turtle. "Do not paint turtle's shells," NH Fish and Game wrote on Facebook ...

Pufferfish swimming in aquarium tank against with blue background.© Sreadya.k/Shutterstock.com Turtles are not the fastest of movers on land, but in the water, they have amazing reflexes. A turtle in ...

Federal officials have proposed spending $210 million for 10 projects aimed at restoring fisheries, sea turtles and invertebrate species — including shrimp, crabs, reef coral and shellfish — that were ...