I’m not particularly close with my brother. We have an age gap of six years, after all. I left for college when he was still in middle school, so he was an only child for most of his ...

Luna, a 5-year-old ball python, died in the Nederland shopping center fire on Oct. 9, 2025. Courtesy of Wild Bear Nature Center. Westie, a 20-year-old turtle who “loved crickets and attention,” and ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher (NCAFF) is inviting the public to watch the release of two loggerhead sea turtles into their aquarium habitat. According to the ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WSAV) — After three years of care, education and becoming a local celebrity, Westie the loggerhead sea turtle is heading home to the ocean. Photo by TIMSC. Westie the sea turtle in ...

Summer has landed, and so has temperature-related chit chat: “Hot enough for you?” “Can you believe this humidity?” These lines and their small talk brethren are everywhere: “How are you?” “What’s new ...

MOCKSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that crashed near a North Carolina airport this month had raised a wheel after landing to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a ...