Brumation is a hibernation-like state that can occur in some reptiles when the environmental temperatures get colder and the hours of daylight decrease. While an animal’s environment would trigger ...

Two baseballs for a sea turtle. Three sugar cubes for a puffin. A soccer ball for a harbor porpoise. That’s roughly how much ingested plastic would be deadly for each animal, according to a study ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Uncle Mike’s Bake Shoppe on East Mason Street is seeking answers after its beloved turtle statue was vandalized overnight. On Friday morning, the beloved northeast Wisconsin ...

Diane Le Gouvello does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

CHICAGO—Krystyna Kurth likes to begin her tours of the river cutting past the city’s post-industrial area with a word association game. Kurth, coordinator of conservation action at the Shedd Aquarium, ...

Fast animals often steal attention, but the slow ones hold a quiet fascination. From the ocean depths to forest canopies, survival sometimes depends less on speed and more on stillness. Is the sea ...

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Note to readers: The News-Press and Naples Daily News recently caught up with Amy Siewe, famously known as the Python Huntress. Siewe gave a lecture at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on ...

Siewe, also known as the Python Huntress, discussed "python hunter lingo" during her presentation. The term "road gift" was explained, shedding light on the language used by those managing the ...