Japan is asking the world’s governments to help protect the Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle. Japan is asking the world’s governments to help protect the Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle, a rare ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – ”Patches”, a black-breasted leaf turtle at Zoo Knoxville, is now sporting a custom prosthetic mask created for her by veterinarians at the University of Tennessee College of ...

Today is your lucky day because, in my mind, it’s Terrapin Friday! In today’s episode we present Patches, a black-breasted leaf turtle who lives at the Knoxville Zoo. This 30-year-old turtle was ...

Okinawa black-breasted leaf turtle, at the Neo Park Okinawa, Japan. (Image via Wikipedia) TOKYO (AFP) — More than 60 endangered turtles have disappeared from a zoo in Japan’s southernmost province in ...

Sometimes the simplest things in nature combine to make interesting and wonderful surprises. There is nothing odd about a water turtle climbing onto a log, stretching out in the sun and drying off.