The Florida Python Challenge Is Back, and It’s Seeking Hunters to Kill Invasive Snakes for a $10,000 Grand Prize

The 2026 Florida Python Challenge will run from July 10 through July 19, with a $10,000 grand prize to whoever removes the ...

Florida's Burmese python challenge can't wipe out invasive snakes from the Everglades. Awareness is the real victory, officials say

Florida's annual effort to tackle one of the world's most notorious invasive species is returning this July, but wildlife ...
The Conversation

Turtles finally have a place in the tree of life: X‑ray study of South African fossils was a decider

The origin of turtles has always been a bit of a puzzle for scientists who study the evolution of animals. To this day, where they fit in the tree of life remains a highly debated topic. The ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Rare sea turtle hybrid hatches at Queensland's largest mainland turtle nesting site

An uncommon sea turtle hybrid has been found on a Queensland beach. The animals are a cross between a green turtle and the vulnerable loggerhead turtle. A group of rare turtle hybrids has been found ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Green sea turtles, a visitor draw, also face harassment

Beachgoers flocked to a honu, left, feeding at the water’s edge at Laniakea “Turtle” Beach on Friday, on the North Shore. Crowds have returned after the Kona-low storms, and both government and ...
Science Daily

Scientists reveal how baby turtles navigate thousands of miles with a hidden magnetic sense

Researchers taught young loggerhead turtles to associate certain magnetic fields with feeding, prompting a distinctive dance when they recognized the signal. After a magnetic pulse briefly disrupted ...
Mongabay

World Turtle Day: Important conservation wins amid turtle extinction crisis

World Turtle Day is celebrated every May 23 to raise awareness about the threats faced by turtles and tortoises. Turtles, tortoises and terrapins, which together make up the order Testudines, have ...
Popular Science

Meet Earl Grey, the sea turtle with a wild family tree

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Us Weekly

Where Is the ‘I Like Turtles’ Kid Now? Inside the Viral 2007 Meme & His Life Today

It was 17 seconds long. A young boy in zombie face paint stood before a local news reporter at an arts festival in Portland, Oregon. When asked about his freshly painted face, he delivered a response ...
CNN

This gruesome discovery of nearly 150 dead turtles is a warning for the future

It started with the mysterious discovery of more than a hundred turtles, some with their shells smashed, others dismembered, all of them dead. It ended with a potential warning for the future. It was ...
People

One of the World's Rarest Turtles Washes Up in Texas, Covered in Living Organisms and in Desperate Need of Help

"We are hopeful for her recuperation and eventual release back into the Gulf," officials said Charlotte Phillipp is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was ...