The backyard drama last week wasn't exactly cat-and-mouse. Imitating his purring ancestors, the neighborhood's resident black-and-white feline warily crept across wet grass to get a closer look at an ...

Officials suspect a heating element caused a fire that claimed the lives of some turtles at a turtle exhibit in northwest Ohio.Firefighters responded to a report of a shed fire at Turtle World of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now the Buckeye State is on the hunt for Ohio's rare turtles. Ohio is one of two states that secured nearly $500,000 in grant ...

A snapping turtle sits on the side of County Road waiting to cross. (Toby Talbot, AP) CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Activists are pushing the Ohio Division of Natural Resources to consider limits for the number ...

Well, you can. If you want to pick up the animal, PETA experts said to “pick them up by grasping them firmly by both sides of ...

Crew members were able to save half of the turtles caught in the shed fire Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Firefighters in ...

Two new babies born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium may be tiny, but they bring big hopes for one of the most endangered species on the planet. The zoo welcomed two rare yellow-headed temple turtles ...

BELLBROOK, Ohio (WDTN) – A Bellbrook firefighter is hoping her passion for dog training will help save turtles more than four thousand miles away. It’s an animal match you wouldn’t think is possible, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio— The Center for Biological Diversity and several Ohio-based conservation organizations petitioned the Ohio Department of Natural Resources today to end unchecked commercial collection ...

Ohio has rare fishers roaming the woods, rare massasauga rattlesnakes and two other venomou s snakes within its borders. Now the Buckeye State is on the hunt for Ohio's rare turtles. Ohio is one of ...