Turtles

Galapagos tortoise babies

Mommy, the zoo's nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoise, now has 16 babies

Philly zoo's Galapagos tortoise, who's about 100, becomes oldest first-time mom of her species

Mommy tortoise hatchlings

Snapping turtle at Pa. pond injures flamingo displaced by Hurricane Idalia

Flamingo Snapping Turtle

CDC warns against kissing turtles amid salmonella outbreak in Pa., 10 other states

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Pennsylvania professor discovers 5 million-year-old fossil of previously unknown, extinct turtle

New Turtle Species

Salmonella outbreak in Philadelphia, Delco linked to pet turtles

Coast Guard rescues trapped sea turtle from encircling sharks off Cape May

Sea Turtle Cape May

New Jersey man smuggled 1,000 box turtles from Oklahoma, attempted to sell them in China

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Montgomery County couple charged with animal cruelty in exotic animals case

Palm Animal Cruelty

Frozen sea turtles washing up on Jersey Shore may not be dead

Frozen turtle

Philadelphia's runaway-turtle epidemic continues in Mount Airy

Missing Turtle

Suzy Greenberg wasn't the only pet turtle to go missing in Philadelphia this week

Wayward turtles

The ballad of Suzy Greenberg, the 'sly turtle' who 'ran' away from her Philly home

Missing Turtle

279-pound sea turtle rescued along Jersey Shore has expensive appetite

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WATCH: 270-pound sea turtle rescued on Avalon beach

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Jersey Shore Power Rankings: Controversy drops Wildwood Crest

Sea Isle Sunset

Academy of Natural Sciences to host 'Totally Turtles Weekend'

Totally Turtles Weekend

New Jersey proposes ban on harvesting marsh turtles

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