One of the world's largest and least studied freshwater turtles has been found in Cambodia's Mekong River, raising hopes that the threatened species can be saved from extinction. Scientists captured ...

Soft-shelled turtles refuse to be typecast. Unlike their bulky, slow-moving cousins, soft-shelled turtles have adaptations for speed both on the land and in the water. The soft-shelled turtle is found ...

THERE. PRETTY GOOD. RARE AND ENDANGERED TURTLE SPECIES HAS BRED AT THE SAN DIEGO ZOO. STAFF SAY THEY ARE CARING FOR A 41 INDIAN NARROW HAD A SOFT SHELL TURTLE HATCHLINGS. CONSERVATION ISTS HAD ...

These leathery turtles spend most of their lives buried motionless in river mud, but burst into action to catch their unsuspecting prey. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

After peaking in 2022 with hundreds of green sea turtle strandings, cases of soft-shell syndrome are in decline. It is believed the disease is connected to the turtles' food source, after seagrass ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has proposed adding four types of freshwater turtles to an international endangered species list, in part to better monitor exports of the species, whose meat is ...

One of the world’s largest and least studied freshwater turtles has been found in Cambodia’s Mekong River, raising hopes that the threatened species can be saved from extinction.

According to a news release from the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, the zoo welcomed 41 Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle hatchlings over the summer. SDZWA said that the zoo has become the first ...