Not long ago, I came across a turtle trying to cross a road. I always try to help turtles cross the street (traffic and road safety permitting) since they’re determined little creatures that often get ...

COCOA, Fla.-- Florida wildlife officials are investigating a huge spike in soft shell turtle deaths throughout the St. Johns River basin. Soft shell turtles are dying along St. Johns River basin Boat ...

If you were crossing the U.S. 98 Causeway over Mobile Bay yesterday afternoon, you might have caught sight of a man, tall and bearded, running down the side of the highway carrying a giant turtle. I ...

A dead reptile of its kind washed up on the shores of Dong Mo Lake in Vietnam, measuring 156 cm. long and weighing 93 kg. Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The ...

A spiny softshell turtle’s head emerges from a shallow pool of water. Spiny softshell turtles lay eggs in Missouri this week on sand- and gravel bars along streams and ponds. Take a canoe or kayak out ...

In a first for North America, an endangered species of turtles has bred at the San Diego Zoo. Over the summer, staff at the zoo welcomed 41 hatchlings from the Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle ...

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 ...

When it comes to little-known outdoor events in Missouri, it would be safe to say few are more obscure than the state’s softshell turtle season. If you didn’t know Missouri has a softshell turtle ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Conservationists have found a nest of the endangered Asian giant softshell turtle on a Mekong River sandbar in northeastern Cambodia, while 115 new species of various other ...

Conservationists have found a nest of the endangered Asian giant softshell turtle on a Mekong River sandbar in northeastern Cambodia, while 115 new species of various other animal and plant life have ...

TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Erie County Parks, Recreation and Forestry was excited to announce the spotting of a native turtle species possibly returning to its old habitats. On Tuesday, the parks department ...

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is seeking volunteers for its annual spiny softshell turtle beach cleanup day Oct. 18. Participants are asked to arrive at North Hero State Park at 10 a.m., ...