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

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...

2004 – The Center petitioned to list the Cagle's map turtle, a rare riverine turtle that survives only in the Guadalupe River system in Texas and is threatened by collectors for the pet trade, under ...

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 ...

The mysterious die-off of freshwater turtles throughout the massive St. Johns River watershed continues despite an ongoing year-long investigation by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

The study of freshwater turtle parasitology has evolved considerably over recent decades, moving from traditional morphological assessments to advanced molecular techniques. This research domain ...