Never take a wild turtle home with you. Turtle species native to Delaware are prohibited from being owned as pets, according ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Nov. 8, 2021 that it has proposed adding the alligator snapping turtle to the endangered species list for protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Researchers from the University of Florida have uncovered the largest known nesting site for the threatened giant South ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced that it may propose 17 species of U.S. freshwater turtles for protection at the next meeting of the Convention on International ...

Ninety percent of the world’s coastal freshwater turtle species are expected to be affected by sea level rise by 2100, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. The study, ...

OUR CAMPAIGN . In an early win for imperiled freshwater turtles, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department voted to end commercial harvest of freshwater turtles in public waters after a 2007 petition by ...

Florida is among the top states in turtle species numbers, with over 30 native turtle species, most of which are freshwater turtles, said Michelle Kerr, a spokeswoman with the commission's Fish ...

Northwestern pond turtles are one of two remaining native freshwater turtle species in California, but their populations have dwindled over the years.

The native U.S. reptile belongs to the largest freshwater turtle species in the world and has jaws that ... The massive turtles can grow to be 175 pounds and are known for their spiky shells ...

The new species -- named Appalachemys ebersolei -- is part of an extinct group of large, freshwater turtles called macrobaenids that have been found in North America and Asia dating to ...

Important to a healthy, functioning ecosystem, freshwater turtles are considered an indicator species of water quality/stream health. "It definitely is a red flag," Rinaman said of the die-off.