From the 1800s through the 1950s, people clamored for the delicacy green turtle soup. Though the color describes the hue of the soup, one turtle commonly used for the dish – the Chelonia mydas – has ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The DuPage County Forest Preserve District is warning drivers that it's turtle mating season. That means there are more of them on the road, especially from mid-May to mid-July, as ...

Fossil turtles have been caught having sex, the first known case of animals with backbones found copulating in the fossil record, researchers say. The mating turtles may have been caught in a death ...

BOYCE, Va. (Gray News) – A snapping turtle’s shell was broken while likely on the hunt for love, and employees at the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center are helping it put back the pieces. According to the ...

Of all the factors that could delay flights at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, this one is probably the slowest: turtles. Nearly 400 diamondback terrapins have turned up on the ...

Kensington Metropark police say they’ve found the person suspected of stealing snapping turtles from the Milford park grounds. It’s the turtles mating season, and Lt. James Belmonte said police ...