Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gracie Jeffries, a fifth grade student at Olive Tree Care in Loudonville, has an eye-to-eye encounter with a gray rat snake during ...

A team of scientists, including researchers from the California Academy of Sciences, has reconstructed a detailed "tree of life" for turtles. The specifics of how turtles are related—to one another, ...

Regarding "Dead sea turtle taken to NOAA's Galveston lab after washing up at Seabrook home" (Chron.com, Thursday), since 2003, the Turtle Island Restoration Network has sponsored the sea turtle rescue ...

A research team led by NYIT scientist Gaberiel Bever has determined that a 260-million year-old fossil species found in South Africa's Karoo Basin provides a long awaited glimpse into the murky ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

The rescue will be collecting trees at their facility during normal business hours until Saturday. All trees must be free of tinsel and decorations to be accepted. Ariana is the assistant news editor ...

It’s a common enough event: Someone finds a freshwater turtle—possibly a tiny hatchling—and they consider keeping it as a pet. But is it a good idea to keep a wild turtle? Are they difficult to care ...