Turtles are fascinating creatures because they can live as long as humans, sometimes even longer. Their slow-moving ...

The spiny softshell, which looks more like a pancake with legs than a turtle, occurs mostly in the western third of the state. The stinkpot, or the common musk turtle, is a small turtle with a smooth, ...

LOWELL — A potentially invasive species of turtle was found in Lowell ... Rather than having a textured shell, softshell ...

Vietnam’s struggling population of spotted softshell turtles received a helping hand in December 2023 when researchers released 50 captive-bred hatchlings into a freshwater lake in a northern ...

The green turtle is a large, weighty sea turtle with a wide, smooth carapace, or shell. It inhabits tropical and subtropical coastal waters around the world and has been observed clambering onto ...

Conservationists, including from the University of Portsmouth, uncovered the nesting site of the "secretive" Cantor's giant softshell turtle. The species, which is native to the rivers of south ...

Cantor's giant softshell turtle is native to the rivers of south Asia and is critically endangered. A dog walker found the exotic animal, which is native to swamps and rivers in parts of the US ...

Repair of injured turtle shells can be difficult and time-consuming. This article describes how to manage the freshwater turtle in this phase of healing and how to keep fracture sites 'water-free'.

Leatherbacks can dive to depths of 4,200 feet—deeper than any other turtle—and can stay down for up to 85 minutes. Leatherbacks have the widest global distribution of all reptile species ...

In this article, we are going to explore all you need to know about the secrets behind a turtle’s shell, including- - what is inside the turtle's shell, what does it play in evolution ...