On Dec. 28, 2024, wildlife inspectors from Bangladesh’s Forest Department, following a tip-off, intercepted an intercity bus ...

Repair of injured turtle shells can be difficult and time-consuming. This article describes how to manage the freshwater turtle in this phase of healing and how to keep fracture sites 'water-free'.

Further to the legal implications, Tennant is warning that consuming turtle meat can have dire consequences. He pointed to a ...

Unregulated commercial collection of freshwater turtles in southern and midwestern states is depleting native turtle populations, including those of rare map turtle species that may already be at risk ...

This species is identified as “one of the world’s largest freshwater turtles.” During the late Pleistocene, the armored reptile existed for around 40,000 to 9,000 years. Maturin is named ...

Turtles and tortoises move too slowly to pursue active prey. Tortoises are mostly herbivores, although some species will also eat carrion. They feed on grasses, weeds, leafy greens, flowers, and some ...

Freshwater turtles are hosts to a variety of blood parasites, particularly those belonging to the genus Haemogregarina. These parasites are significant in understanding the health and ecology of ...

This is a preview page. Login through your institution for access. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt20q1vr6.1 From the spiny softshell, a sit-and-wait ambush ...

Fossil researchers led by Gabriel Ferreira from Germany's University of Tübingen have identified one of the largest freshwater turtle species — with a shell about 1.8 meters (5.9 feet ...

Researchers from Lingnan University published their findings on Tuesday, noting the city was the last stronghold in the world for the three species of freshwater turtles. The golden coin turtle ...

The Center is working to end unsustainable international trade in Barbour's map turtles. In 2011 we filed a petition to list all the map turtles, as well as several other freshwater turtle species, ...

A turtle trauma centre in Peterborough, Ontario fights to save endangered freshwater turtles — using a combination of modern veterinary medicine and things from the hardware store. NOW STREAMING ...