This species lives in areas of shallow water and abundant woody vegetation in the lower Hudson Valley and St. Lawrence regions. North America's smallest turtle, the endangered bog turtle, also occurs ...

The green turtle is a large ... are subspecies or separate species—including the Atlantic green turtle, normally found off the shores of Europe and North America, and the Eastern Pacific ...

The AAS fossil assemblage includes a diverse combination of native North American turtle lineages alongside those that migrated from Asia or the Southern hemisphere. One of these species ...

It’s been a long winter, but now birds are singing, trees are budding and Blanding’s turtles are hungry and on the move after winter hibernation. People who spot a Blanding’s ...

Certain turtle species, like the Australian Fitzroy River turtle and the North American eastern painted turtle, can absorb oxygen through their cloaca—a multi-purpose orifice used for excretion ...

EAST LANSING, MI – Researchers at Michigan State University helped identify two new species of North American truffles.

The bog turtle is North America’s smallest turtle ... Full protection as an endangered species would ensure that bog turtles and their remaining habitat are safeguarded. It would also require a ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Following a petition and legal victory from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the alligator snapping turtle under ...

Motorists on local roadways should be aware of female turtles that are leaving wetlands and crossing roads in search of high nesting ground this time of year. Most of Minnesota’s nine ...

That accounts for 1.8% of all American households ... over 200 million years, turtles have had plenty of time to determine what they can and cannot eat. Turtle species are diverse, and so are ...