A group gathered Wednesday morning at a Southland nature spot to culminate a yearlong project that brought together representatives from Cook and DuPage counties, the Shedd Aquarium, and state and ...

"Tastes like chicken" — a commonly-used phrase to help describe foods that might be considered a little out there. That is how Chuck Donohue, owner of Lewes Fishhouse, describes turtle meat. He sells ...

The dangerous effects of climate change are no longer a far-off possibility. Just ask the baby sea turtles. From the very second sea turtles are born they are in a fight for survival. After they dig ...

ORLAND PARK, Ill. -- About a dozen turtles got a high tech accessory on Friday in Orland Park, Illinois. The Forest Preserves of Cook County teamed up with Friends of the Chicago River to attach ...

Dec. 5—Kale, an endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle and beloved attraction at Cook Museum of Natural Science in Decatur, died last week after a lengthy battle with infection. "My son absolutely loved ...

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According to The Picayune's Creole Cook book, first published in 1900, "the Creoles pride themselves upon their famous soupe a la tortue, and justly, the old saying that only a good Creole cook knows ...

HIM IN THE KITCHEN THIS IS BRANDON WALDO. LIKE I SAID, EVERY DAY I MAKE THIS FRESH. BUT IF YOU’RE FROM THE ACOMA PUEBLO, YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW HIM, THOUGH. HERE HE GOES BY A DIFFERENT NAME. PEOPLE CALL ...

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An 18th century cook book containing a stomach-churning recipe for mock turtle soup has been discovered in a cardboard box. A Mrs Casters meticulously jotted down 160 recipes in the 229-year-old book ...

Sre Ambel River mangrove turtle. Picture courtesy of WCS. An extremely rare “royal” turtle narrowly escaped a trip to a Chinese soup-pot, thanks to a tiny microchip implanted in its skin, according to ...