This captivating headline on a press release from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission grabbed our attention straight away Monday morning: Western chicken turtle information wanted. Agreed! Aren’t we ...

ARKANSAS, USA — The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC) is asking for help searching for a rare species of turtle found in the state: The western chicken turtle. Sightings of the Chicken turtle ...

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is looking for help from outdoors enthusiasts to report western chicken turtles they may find. Game and Fish is interested in learning locations from anyone who ...

The Eastern and Florida Chicken Turtle subspecies (Deirochelys reticularia reticularia and D. r. chrysea) exhibit nesting cycles that are atypical for aquatic North American turtles, with nesting ...

There are about 300 species of turtles in the world, and 16 of them can be found in Arkansas. "That may not seem like a whole lot, but it's actually close to about 5% of the diversity in the whole ...