Before you share your Thanksgiving leftovers with your pet, here's what's safe -- and what's not -- to feed your cats and dogs.

Turtles may seem pretty sturdy thanks to their hard shells, but they are still mortal creatures, capable of getting sick, being injured, or suffering from disease. They have a built-in defense ...

Red-eared slider turtles can live a good life in a secure outdoor pond, and can be quite entertaining to watch. Credit: Braastad family photo In 1975, red-eared slider turtles with shells measuring ...

In Hong Kong, four Shiba Inus showed extraordinary patience: the dogs let their turtle friend eat first. Houston homeowner shoots and kills two men in ski masks who turned up at home claiming to be ...

In the slow-flowing waters of the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America lives one of the world's most bizarre creatures: the mata mata turtle (Chelus fimbriata). This freshwater reptile – ...

BROOKLYN, Ohio -- When my son Joe was turning 12 years old, he wanted a turtle for his birthday present. I agreed. So together we went to the pet store that was across the street from Parmatown Mall.

Vermont banned the import and sale of pond slider turtles, including red-eared sliders, to protect native species. Pond sliders compete with native turtles for resources and can spread diseases.

While walking along Sonoma Creek in Maxwell Farms Regional Park recently, Anna and Will Pier looked down and spotted two turtles sunning themselves on the big branch of a fallen tree extending into ...

Scientists visited Hon Lao Island and found two critically endangered turtles being kept as pets. Photos show the first-of-its-kind sighting. Screengrab from YouTube video shared by Thinking Nomads On ...

On a small island off the coast of Vietnam, a cow herder paused near a rice field and noticed a brown and yellow creature hidden under the grass. He picked up the animal and decided to keep it as a ...