Paints on turtle shells can prevent them from synthesizing vitamin D which is essential for bone growth and overall health. Additionally, toxic chemicals in the paint can seep into their bodies, ...

Stretched out and sunning themselves on a floating log, a pair of wild painted turtles enjoy the calm waters in a flooded forest near the South Platte River in Chatfield State Park in Littleton, ...

A Pennsylvania man attempting to go through airport security was discovered to have been hiding a living turtle in his pants ... was going through a body scan in the security area when an alarm ...

Authorities say a man passing through security at a New Jersey airport was found to have a live turtle concealed in his pants ...

A Pennsylvania man was recently caught with a living turtle hidden in his pants at an airport security checkpoint in New ...

The turtle was detected Friday after a body scanner alarm went off at Newark Liberty International Airport. A TSA officer then conducted a pat-down on the East Stroudsburg man and determined there ...

A turtle! TSA said the body scanner triggered an alarm in the area of the man's groin, leading to the surprising discovery. A TSA officer conducted a pat-down and found something concealed in the ...