A Florida woman drove straight to a fire station after discovering a python inside her car, where firefighters safely removed the unexpected passenger.

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Rescuers in Tampa Bay have found dozens washed up on local shores. A turtle named Patriot is examined by Florida Aquarium personnel after it was rescued on Super Bowl Sunday. [ The Florida Aquarium ] ...

Before leaving on a fossil-hunting trip for a summer 2021 field paleontology class, a Montana State University junior made an apparently fate-tempting plea. "I kept joking through that whole class, ...

The Turtle Survival Center, run by the Turtle Survival Alliance, exists to buy time for species that no longer have much of it. Founded in 2013 in South Carolina, the center functions as a ...

A wildlife crossing in Eliot, Maine, has successfully reduced turtle deaths on State Route 236. The underpass was specifically designed to protect the endangered Blanding's turtle. Since the tunnel's ...

An underpass installed beneath a busy stretch of road in Eliot a few years ago has led to ‘a substantial reduction in turtle mortalities,’ according to a state biologist. A Blanding’s turtle in the ...

Families, children and spectators stood along the Galveston shore with wide smiles and loud cheers as they watched volunteers carry 102 sea turtles, one by one, into the Gulf on Thursday afternoon.

The Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research, the Houston Zoo and the Galveston Island Park Board returned 100 sea turtles to the Gulf of Mexico days after they'd been rescued from the weekend freeze.

PONCE INLET, Fla. – You’ve likely heard about falling, frozen iguanas in Florida when temperatures drop — but what about cold-stunned turtles? With freezing temperatures ahead, Volusia County animal ...

Deep in the coastal woods of South Carolina, behind high fences, guard dogs, and security cameras, is a group of people who know more about turtles than you. Posters and paintings of turtles and ...

A rescue crew member holds a cold-stunned turtle. Ahead of this weekend's potential winter weather, sea turtle patrol groups with the Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research are gathering totes, towels ...