Loggerhead sea turtles ( Caretta caretta) are pretty loyal marine reptiles. Even with their roughly 8,000-mile-long ...

Sea turtles are capable of creating GPS-like magnetic maps to guide them back to foraging grounds, and they do a little dance ...

AUGUSTA (WGME) -- A tiny frog and a turtle could be Maine's next official state amphibian and reptile. On Monday, the Maine Audubon Society spoke in favor of two bills to make the spring peeper as the ...

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Thinking about adding a scaly friend to your family? The best reptile pets are low-maintenance and generally docile. Whether you're intrigued by the mysterious allure of a snake, the quirky ...

“A client named Fatty showed us what not to do with a snapping turtle! Ouch!” Kimmel wrote. Mike “Fatty” Linne was ...

Teach young learners all about the fascinating world of reptiles with this free downloadable 5-day lesson plan.

The reptiles, an endangered species, were incapacitated when the water temperature plummeted after a rare winter storm hit ...

No offense to the wood turtle, but there are sandwiches, celebrities and even smells that are more symbolic of our state.

Even though Maine already has 31 official state symbols — including a soil type, soft drink, fossil and insect — there seems to be a tendency to focus on what we don't have. Take for example two ...

THE owner of a hedgehog rescue has faced some prickly situations in her time but saving the life of a rare green turtle – who normally lives thousands of miles away from Irish shores – ...

Her discussions with other science-minded folks led to discussions about how Maine was also lacking a state reptile ... calling for the wood turtle to hold that title. Why Maine has so many ...