Twenty years ago, Root the turtle was brought to the Oaklawn Farm Zoo in Nova Scotia, Canada, after being scooped up by the Natural Resources Department. Root’s species, the wood turtle, is protected ...

Between April and mid-summer, hundreds of Kemp's ridley sea turtles will creep out of the waves and across the beach to nest at the base of sand dunes along the Texas coast. If this nesting season is ...

Kemp's ridley sea turtles, the most endangered sea turtle species, will nest on Texas beaches from April through mid-summer. Beach drivers on Padre Island National Seashore should be cautious during ...