Linda Burnfin wishes she could post more often to her Myrtle the Turtle Rescue page on Facebook, but she’s too busy caring for about 50 water turtles — mostly red-eared sliders — in the backyard of ...

Rickey Poppell needed to come up with a mascot. He worked in marketing and management at the Myrtle Square Mall from 1989 to 1994 and created a club for local kids. The club was supposed to make the ...

Myrtle arrived at the New England Aquarium in Boston in 1970 and has been seen by roughly 50 million people. A green sea turtle believed to be up to 95 years young was given a clean bill of health ...

Apparently, it's pretty easy being green after all. That was the takeaway from Tuesday's physical examination of Myrtle, an ancient green sea turtle that has delighted visitors to the New England ...

Myrtle the Turtle is back to splashing in his backyard, after his family thought they might never see him again. When a tornado ripped through their Mississippi town last month, Myrtle's family had to ...

Apparently, it's pretty easy being green after all. That was the takeaway from this week's physical examination of Myrtle, an ancient green sea turtle that has delighted visitors to the New England ...