Freshwater and sea turtles may look similar, but neither one could survive in the other's territory for these reasons.

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 photo “of an alleged N. hurum clearly depicts a (Nilssonia formosa) and thus constitutes the first photographic voucher of this critically endangered species from India,” researchers wrote in an ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) in Sanibel, is looking after a mama softshell turtle, after she was hit by a car. "Softshells are a freshwater species found in many ponds, lakes ...

She may have been their last hope, and now she’s gone. Chinese state media has said that the last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle has died, CNN reported. She was believed to be over 90 ...

HANOI — There once was a magic golden turtle that lived in Hanoi’s most enchanted lake. A creature so powerful, it snatched a divine sword from a warrior king and returned it to the gods of the depths ...

State wildlife officials say a man with “a long criminal history” was caught this month poaching soft-shell turtles while trespassing on U.S. Sugar land in western Palm Beach County. Officers with the ...

In the Nyanga Basin area (the Ramsar site of Setté Cama), National park rangers (ANPN), Fisheries brigade (DGPA) NGO staff (WWF) and Nyanga Basin area local community work to protect the habitat of ...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia (May 16, 2007) – 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 ...