This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...

Turtles are a unique and easily recognizable group of animals that have been around since the time of dinosaurs. It might come as a surprise, but their shell is made up of their rib bones. Like other ...

Unregulated commercial collection of freshwater turtles in southern and midwestern states is depleting native turtle populations, including those of rare map turtle species that may already be at risk ...

Lord Fairfax, a 65-pound alligator snapping turtle in Alexandria, Va. (Image by Fairfax County Police Department via Courthouse News) (CN) — The largest freshwater turtle in North America will receive ...

Alligator snapping turtles are the biggest freshwater turtle in North America, sporting jagged, pointy shells, and a hooked beak. But these prehistoric-looking creatures haven't been seen in Kansas ...

A fossilized turtle shell that sat unnoticed for decades in the collection at the University of Alabama actually belongs to a previously unknown species of ‘giant’ freshwater turtle that roamed the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today it has proposed adding the alligator snapping turtle to the endangered species list for protection under the Endangered Species Act. Alligator ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued an order last week to temporarily stop the take or transport of all freshwater softshell turtle species or yellow-bellied ...

Turtles are such a familiar sight to most north-central Texas and southwestern Oklahoma residents that we think little about these unique and adaptable animals. Turtles have been present in their ...