JUPITER FARMS, Fla. (CBS12) — A yellow-bellied slider is on the road to recovery in Jupiter Farms after being rescued with a barbed fishing hook stuck in its face. On Wednesday, the Busch Wildlife ...

You just never know what will come crawling up in your yard these days. But I am glad I saw this little guy and had the wherewithal to snap a few photos before it left my yard. Which makes me wonder, ...

There’s never a dull moment at the Zoological Wildlife Foundation (ZWF) in Miami, as Jacob Feder’s YouTube channel frequently shows. In this video, a chimpanzee stumbles upon a tiny yellow-bellied ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued an order last week to temporarily stop the take or transport of all freshwater softshell turtle species or yellow-bellied ...

ROSSLARE HARBOUR woman Margaret Hartigan was intrigued to find a small strange-looking ' turtle' on the beach during her usual stroll to St. Helen's last Sunday. She spotted the creature walking out ...

Like many septuagenarians, Nicki relishes a long winter’s nap. Nicki is a 70-year-old turtle, specifically a yellow-bellied slider, and when she moves indoors from her backyard pond and nestles under ...

There haven't been any alligator snapping turtles reported in Oregon in more than a year since a 10-pounder was captured on Oct. 18, 2013, at Prineville Reservoir in Central Oregon. That's the good ...

In late May, J.D. Kleopfer went out for Chinese. He brought a boat. He brought a stack of hoop nets. And he brought Ryan Niccoli, whose job it was to put on chest waders, hop out of the boat ...