For hundreds of years, people believed that, come autumn, barn swallows would dive under the surface of ponds and lakes, swim to the bottom, and bury themselves in the mud for the winter. We now know ...

Waterfront landowners eventually discover that snapping turtles, beavers, and other aquatic pests are not just background wildlife, they are engineers and scavengers that can reshape a pond, flood a ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack ...

A fraction of a second can change everything. If you’ve been swimming long enough, you’ve heard it time and time again. Most often, we apply this mentality in the water, looking to hone in on any ...

A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, as certain quirky cartoons have shown. The shell grows with the turtle, ...

JUNO BEACH, Fla. -- Cheers rose from a bundled-up crowd as a loggerhead sea turtle that survived a likely shark attack trundled back into the ocean after months of rehabilitation in Florida, carrying ...