A file photo of a Murray River short-necked turtle, one of which was discovered on a flight in Australia. Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Odd discoveries on planes are normally limited to discarded ...

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. The Mary ...

A female member of an endangered species of turtle has laid eggs for the first time since being rescued, much to the delight of conservationists. The lucky Manning River turtle is part of a captive ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tiny turtle who was rescued by the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, pooped plastic for six days. When he started to defecate, ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

NINGALOO COAST, Australia (KABC) -- A photographer captured a heart-stopping fight between a sea turtle and a tiger shark near western Australia last month. The shark goes for the turtle, but the ...

Scientists in Australia developed a program to save countless thousands of endangered green sea turtles from falling to their deaths while attempting to lay their eggs. Australia's Great Barrier Reef ...

Deborah Bower receives funding from the Australian Research Council, NSW Department of Environment and Planning, and the Northern Tablelands Local Land Services. Donald McKnight works for the Savanna ...

At first glance a series of concrete slides alongside the Rookwood Weir near Rockhampton in central Queensland may not seem like a feat of engineering. But it is a key piece of infrastructure that has ...