A massive alligator snapping turtle requires a careful health check when Jay teams up with Greg Wittstock, The Pond Guy. The team must safely handle Louis, a 100-pound ancient reptile, while ...

Holding an alligator snapping turtle for the first time becomes an intense hands-on experience as Jay Dog learns how to safely support the powerful reptile. The encounter reveals its worm-like mouth ...

Left: An olive ridley turtle nesting near the Huntington Beach Pier. Right: Eggs laid near Seal Beach. Left: Huntington Beach Fire Department. Right: NOAA Fisheries. Both via Facebook This month, ...

Sea turtles usually found in the tropics have been spotted nesting on California beaches — a historical first, according to officials. Olive ridley sea turtles are one of the smallest of the sea ...

Two female olive ridley turtles emerged onto beaches in Orange County to lay eggs, bringing together agencies and community partners, and raising public awareness. An olive ridley sea turtle was ...

DEAR CAT LOVER: They do hiss, don’t they! Great question — and it’s definitely not because they’re happy. Hissing is how felines express fear, especially when they are startled. Other signs of showing ...

More than 200 eggs from the first documented natural sea turtle nests on the U.S. West Coast were moved Friday from two Orange County beaches to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach due to ...

When researchers observed an olive ridley sea turtle digging a nest and laying eggs at a Southern California beach in September, it was considered a first. More specifically, it was the “first-ever ...

Historic sea turtle eggs discovered along the Southern California coastline have been relocated to the Aquarium of the Pacific ahead of this weekend’s hazardous surf, which threatened to wash away the ...