Every year during our newsroom planning meetings, I hear about the Cincinnati Bengals’ annual Mock Turtle Soup Day. And every year I have the same two thoughts: It turns out owner Mike Brown is fond ...

We're all familiar with the image of sea turtle hatchlings leaving their nests onshore and toddling their way to the surf, driven by instinct to the ocean. But for decades, marine biologists didn't ...

Cuora yunnanensis from Yunnan (Photo by Zhou Ting, William P. McCord, and Torsten Blanck) Number three on the endangered list, for instance, a small dull brown turtle known as the Yunnan box turtle, ...

BOSTON – Two odd-looking Chinese soft-shelled marsh turtles raised for food in Asia have been seen south of Boston, and there's concern they could eventually threaten local ecosystems if they become ...

Every year during our newsroom planning meetings, I hear about the Cincinnati Bengals’ annual Mock Turtle Soup Day. And every year I have the same two thoughts: 1.) “Why do they serve mock turtle soup ...