Scientists and conservationists traveled to a United Nations conference in Panama last month and called for tighter restrictions in the global trade of threatened species. This week, some of those ...

Identification of turtles -- Key to the turtles of the United States and Canada -- Chelydridae: snapping turtles -- Chelydra serpentina, snapping turtle -- Macroclemys temminckii, alligator snapping ...

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Many cultures tell fascinating tales about turtles. Several North American Native tribes speak of a great turtle floating in a primal sea, before there was any land. Here lived all the other animals ...

If you think you’ve been seeing a lot of turtles – box turtles, snapping turtles, wood turtles and others – on the road and maybe in your backyard in the last few weeks, you’re probably right. It’s ...

Watch out for turtles, the Missouri Department of Conservation is cautioning drivers. The reptiles become more active this time of year, according to an MDC news release, and are often hit by cars ...

Turtles normally found in or near water or hidden in fields and forests just now are being spotted frequently on roads across Pennsylvania. It’s egg-laying season for snapping turtles, box turtles, ...