On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under the ...

University of Manchester scientists have discovered significant concentrations of microplastics in the male reproductive system of sea turtles. The scientists also found slightly less, but still ...

By Fernanda Wenzel It’s just a sweet, squeaky sound, like that of a rubber duck. For scientists, however, it could have various meanings, ranging from “Time to spawn!” to “Come on, little ones!” to ...

Are box turtles in worse shape than herpetologists thought? University of Toledo researchers raise the question in new ...