A tiny frog and a turtle could be Maine's next official state amphibian and reptile. On Monday, the Maine Audubon Society spoke in favor of two bills to make the spring peeper as the official state ...

The State and Local Government Committee held public hearings today on bills that would make some Maine critters more known.

Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations.

Imagine that your body is 10 times the size of your limbs. Each of your four legs are short, thick, round and tipped with long narrow claws. Your body is also your home that you carry around with ...

Maine-printed issue of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” in the land of its birth, the film examines the lengths enthusiasts will travel to slot that one elusive final piece into their precious ...

RANGE: This turtle can be found in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan ... it used to be the most common turtle ...

In 2011 we filed a petition to list all the map turtles, as well as several other freshwater turtle species, under Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

The bills will advocate or the spring peeper to become Maine's state amphibian and the wood turtle to become Maine's state ...