Australia's Mary River turtle, sometimes sporting a punk-like ridge of algae, has joined the Zoological Society of London's (ZSL) list of threatened reptiles, which also includes many lizards and snakes.…

Locals have been alerting scientists to its existence for years, but it was only in May that this small turtle living in western Mexico was recognized as a new species.…

A small sand island lost in the Pacific Ocean and belonging to the U.S. state of Hawaii was swallowed by the waters after the passage of Hurricane Walaka in early…

With the help of several environmental organizations, the Seychelles government was able to create a huge marine reserve, covering more than 200,000 square kilometers. The government of Seychelles announced on…