Turtles of the Southeast may be brought to mind at any time because of their annual habits. Most mate in the spring, so males are seen moving about in search of females. All but two kinds lay eggs in ...

MOBILE, Ala.— Alabama moved to protect its wealth of diverse, native freshwater turtles when the state’s conservation advisory board voted unanimously to approve emergency regulations banning all ...

Highest Conservation Concern/Endangered. Also called red-bellies, cooters and sliders, this species was designated the official state reptile by the Alabama Legislature. They grow to be about 12 ...

In Alabama, a big discovery was made recently... PETER SCOTT: People call it the intermediate musk turtle or aliflora (ph) musk turtle. KING: ...A turtle. That is Peter Scott. He's a postdoc ...

Turtles of the Southeast may be brought to mind at any time because of their annual habits. Most mate in the spring, so males are seen moving about in search of females. All but two kinds lay eggs in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An animal expert says ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Fish and ...

A popular family tradition for Alabama beach visitors is to give kids a flashlight and head out for a nighttime catch-and-release hunt for tiny sand crabs. But that innocent search, along with other ...

Alabama is big on turtles. The state has somewhere around three dozen distinct varieties of the aquatic creatures, which are protected by state law. The authors of the book "Turtles of Alabama" say ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — It’s day one of sea turtle nesting season, which means volunteers with Share the Beach are already on patrol. “We are looking for sea turtle tracks,” Share the Beach ...

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WKRG) — A video posted on social media shows a Loggerhead sea turtle making her way onto an Alabama beach over the weekend in search of a nesting site only to be greeted with ...

Alabama leads the nation in states with the greatest diversity of turtles. Researcher Peter Scott recently discovered another species of the reptile: the intermediate musk turtle. In Alabama, a big ...