A green sea turtle is improving after being found stranded on a North Carolina beach with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles and other organisms on its shell, seashore officials announced over the weekend.

you’re researching common snapping turtles in North Carolina. Let’s see football or basketball lead to a search result like that! It’s been quite a week at Quail Hollow—between the Kardashian comps ...

A nesting loggerhead turtle on the beach in Carova, North Carolina was hit by a vehicle during the early morning hours on Sunday, and later died. The Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (N.E.S.T ...

SUNSET BEACH, N.C. (WNCN) — As the weather keeps warming and summer approaches on the North Carolina coast, ocean animals are becoming active. The first turtle nest was discovered, buried in ...

A gentle giant of the North Carolina Zoo has died. On Friday, the zoo announced the passing of its alligator snapping turtle named Maximus. Maximus was born around 1900, according to the zoo.

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is seeking the public’s opinion on its Sea Turtle Conservation Plan through May 24.The plan will guide the agency’s efforts to maintain and ...

In South Carolina, bog turtles were known to live north of the Greenville area ... the headwaters of streams because of the open, deep mud they provide. This habitat is important for two reasons.