On January 24, in Guigang, Guangxi, as the Spring Festival approached, Mr. Li was preparing New Year delicacies by catching a few softshell turtles for slaughter. While squatting on the ground to ...

Yangtze giant softshell turtle. By Phuongcacanh at Vietnamese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14538550 The Yangtze Giant ...

A demonstration “what not to do with a snapping turtle” in turned into an illustration when the reptile bite its handler and refused to let go. Video screengrabs A demonstration of how not to ...

The Swinhoe’s softshell turtle has long captivated conservationists because of its rarity and uncertain future. This freshwater reptile, also called the Yangtze giant softshell turtle, has only two ...