Two girls who swam with pet turtles in a backyard pool were among 107 people sickened in America's largest salmonella outbreak blamed on turtles, researchers report. The 2007-08 outbreak involved ...

I am still enjoying my turtle, Big Girl. On days that are 70 degrees or warmer, you can see me sitting on my lawn chair in ...

"And when your name is April, and you have pet turtles, it kind of seals you in as the turtle girl." April Nason at six years old, with her family's newly acquired red-eared sliders, Shala and Dunno.

A small turtle might seem like the ideal pet but health officials are warning people that turtles can damage your health with two girls made sick from salmonella after swimming with their pets in ...

Time to shell-ebrate! May 23 marks World Turtle Day. Since its inception in 2000, when non-profit American Tortoise Rescue started the event, the occasion provides a turtle-y perfect time to learn ...

This is a love story filled with colors. No, literally, it’s about a pet turtle named Colors and the quarter-of-a-century friendship she shares with her 32-year-old Chicago owner, Paul McDonald.

Two turtles, only one of which was alive, were confiscated after TSA agents at Miami International Airport discovered a woman ...

As the latest “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie rolls into theaters next month, there’s a new warning for parents tempted to add some real, live turtle-power to their family: Don't.The ...