Under current state law, many animals are banned from private possession including lions and tigers and bears.

GALVESTON, Texas — A massive Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that washed ashore along the Texas coast is now recovering after being rescued by researchers last week and treated by veterinarians. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtle lays in the sand with seaweed piled on top of it to keep it warm before the arrival of ...

A massive Kemp’s ridley sea turtle — the world’s smallest and most critically endangered sea turtle species — washed ashore on a Galveston, Texas, beach on March 7, 2026, launching an emergency rescue ...

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The arrival of loggerheads in New South Wales shows these ‘sentinels of climate change’ are being forced into unknown territory When Bulwal Bilima (BB for short) first arrived at Taronga Zoo in Sydney ...

Tens of thousands of freshwater turtles and tortoises are legally harvested each year in Indonesia for their meat and exported primarily to China, while many species teeter on the brink of extinction.

The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, does not often post on the social media site owned by his rival Elon Musk. But on Monday, Bezos did, sharing a black-and-white image of a turtle emerging from the ...

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 ] ...

As we humans warm ourselves with space heaters, coats and gloves, western painted turtles are at the bottom of our region’s ice-covered ponds, streams and creeks. Sometimes they can be seen through ...

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.