BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont’s native spiny softshell turtle population is bouncing back with new records set in 2025 thanks to conservation efforts. “This year we set a lot of records,” said Toni ...

When skiers hit the slopes, they’re used to seeing resort staff like ski patrol or lift operators, but the work that happens overnight to prepare the mountain often goes unseen. The new year is off to ...

Asiatic lion numbers rise in Gir after decades of conservation Dubai: A powerful roar breaks the stillness of Gir National Park before the silhouette of a lioness emerges, a striking reminder of how ...

In Gir National Park, Asiatic lions reign over a 1,900-square-kilometre expanse of savannah and acacia and teak forests, their last refuge. For a few minutes, cameras clicked wildly from safari jeeps, ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As the seasons inexorably change for the worse (though secretly I actually really enjoy the onset ...

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is seeking volunteers for its annual spiny softshell turtle beach cleanup day Oct. 18. Participants are asked to arrive at North Hero State Park at 10 a.m., ...

IUCN Red List highlights success for green turtles but mounting pressure on Arctic seals and birds worldwide GLAND, Switzerland (10 October 2025): WWF welcomes the reclassification of green sea ...

Aug. 25 (UPI) --The Missouri Department of Conservation celebrated the 41st birthday of Peanut, a red-eared slider turtle with a unique figure eight-shaped shell. The department celebrated Peanut's ...

Turtles are built like tiny tanks—ancient, armored, and famously tough. But in the modern world, that toughness may be their greatest vulnerability. In part two of our turtle two-parter, we dive into ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo said goodbye to Beezler, an Asiatic black bear, on Sunday morning. Beezler was the oldest Asiatic black bear in human care in the United States, ...

In early May, a little-known nonprofit offered a reward unprecedented in China’s conservation circles: 100,000 yuan ($14,000) for a single photo or video of the Yangtze giant softshell, a species so ...