In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is ...

Finally South Carolina’s native turtles get a fighting chance.” Previously South Carolina law permitted unregulated trapping and sale of striped mud turtles, eastern mud turtles and eastern musk ...

The Sonoyta mud turtle has evolved as an aquatic species in one of the driest parts of the Sonoran Desert. With webbed feet and an innate ability to swim, this turtle depends heavily on what little ...

Turtles are fascinating creatures because they can live as long as humans, sometimes even longer. Their slow-moving ...

A distant relative of storks and herons, the elegant wading bird has spindly legs, a long neck and a curved, curlew-like bill, which it uses to dig in the mud for invertebrates ... which sports an ...

Juvenile black, white, and yellow-striped Bluehead wrasse fish dart in and out of a dead colony of pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus ...

Anchored in a curl of cove fit for a honeymoon brochure, Witman tugs a frayed wet suit over his striped surf trunks ... to see this phenomenon in sea turtles. Failure to take pressure off the ...

In fact, there are no snakes or reptiles of any sort in the whole state of Alaska, aside from rarely-sighted sea turtles. The reason is pretty obvious. Reptiles use their external environment to ...

Caribbean islands for winter sun and beach stays - Here are the sun-kissed Caribbean shores to retreat to come winter, from ...

Starbucks may have retired the Witch’s Brew frappuccino, but you can revive the favorite Halloween drink at home with this ...

It is van-accessible with a striped access aisle ... "As long as you have good footwear and don’t mind a little mud it was a wonderful walk." Elevation gain: 160 feet. Estimated time: This ...

In cartoons, when a turtle is spooked, it retreats into and closes up its shell. While used for comic effect, this imagery is ...