A file photo of a Murray River short-necked turtle, one of which was discovered on a flight in Australia. Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Odd discoveries on planes are normally limited to discarded ...

An Australian river turtle with a distinctive green punk-rock hairstyle, two spikes under its chin and the ability to breathe through its genitals is on a new list of endangered reptiles. The Mary ...

Golden ghost crabs go after hatchlings during western Australia’s nesting season. “Previous studies are mostly limited to evidence of loggerhead turtle nest disturbances and egg counts,” said Casper ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Scientists in Australia developed a program to save countless thousands of endangered green sea turtles from falling to their deaths while attempting to lay their eggs. Australia's Great Barrier Reef ...

Deborah Bower receives funding from the Australian Research Council, NSW Department of Environment and Planning, and the Northern Tablelands Local Land Services. Donald McKnight works for the Savanna ...

One of the Taronga Zoo's wildlife hospitals recently rescued a baby green sea turtle from a beach near Sydney, Australia, and later discovered that the hatchling had consumed a considerable amount of ...

A marine biologist has helped fill in the so-called lost years of Australia's loggerhead turtles by discovering they are using ocean currents to undertake a 20,000-kilometre, round trip across the ...

Dramatic footage has captured the moment a loggerhead turtle bested a tiger shark off the coast of a beach in Western Australia. Drone operator Jack Garnett told Storyful that he captured the epic ...