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

Though not endangered, painted turtles have a "pretty rough life," said wildlife ecologist Dan Thompson, who said many of the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...