The St. Johns River has a wonderful and diverse variety of wildlife. The river’s vertebrate wildlife includes all the fish species in the water and birds in the air too. But there are also frogs, ...

Many people, tourists and locals alike, think they’re helping when they put turtles back into the water. But just last week, someone tried to put a gopher tortoise into the water and one viewer sent ...

Turtles and tortoises are reptiles with hard, protective shells, but they differ significantly in habitat, anatomy, and lifestyle. Turtles are primarily aquatic or semi-aquatic, featuring streamlined ...

Q. I know tortoises live on land. Does that mean box turtles (which also live on land) are tortoises? How many true tortoises are there, what parts of the world do they live in and how big do they get ...

ABOUT THEIR STORIES WHEN THEY RETURN. I FOUND OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TURTLE AND A TORTOISE. CHECK IT OUT. WE ARE BACK WITH THE SCIENCE OF IT. I AM JOINED BY HANNAH AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER.

If you're looking for a unique, low-cost pet that enjoys a relaxed lifestyle, a pet turtle or tortoise may be for you. What is the difference between turtles and tortoises? Most turtles have webbed ...

Jackie Tliemat is a PhD student at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi studying diseases in Texas Tortoises May 23, 2024 is World Turtle Day Texas Tortoises are a threatened species and people often ...