Officials advise against picking up snapping turtles and spiny softshells (often referred to as "leatherbacks") because they ...

The Service did not propose critical habitat protections for the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle ... Harvesting turtles is particularly damaging because turtles have low fertility, low egg and ...

Early in the 20th century, alligator snapping turtles were plentiful in river ... Trapping is particularly damaging because turtles have low fertility, low egg and hatchling survival, and delayed ...

A newly discovered population of endangered turtles found only in a small collection of Queensland waterways is not only ...