Imagine being a baby turtle, newly hatched and ready to explore the big wide world — but being held prisoner in a small underground bunker. Nearly half Australia's freshwater turtle species are ...

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.

A white-throated snapping turtle (Elseya albagula) native to Australia is critically endangered. James Cook University researchers are raising awareness for the turtle’s plight. The turtle ...

the Dampier Archipelago and Montebello Islands off the northwest coast of Australia are thought to host one of the largest hawksbill populations in the world. Across the globe hawksbill turtles ...

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 ...

Australian researchers using drones have captured stunning footage of over 64,000 nesting green sea turtles and were surprised to learn the population is much larger than previously thought.

Just like teacup pigs and unicorns, there are no such things as Australian penny turtles. That's the message NT Parks and Wildlife ranger Clare Pearce tries to get through to the "dismaying large ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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.

Leatherbacks can be found in all of the world’s tropical and temperate oceans, and have been recorded in frigid sub-polar waters far outside the ranges of other marine turtles. In Australia ...