Asian demand for turtle meat is feeding an increase in the capture of the reptiles in Florida, threatening turtle populations in Newnan's Lake and other bodies of water, experts say. An incident at ...

WEST NEW YORK — The Essex County branch of the Associated Humane Societies got an unusual delivery last week. A woman handed in a cardboard box containing six turtles. It turns out that the rescued ...

COCOA, Fla.-- Florida wildlife officials are investigating a huge spike in soft shell turtle deaths throughout the St. Johns River basin. Soft shell turtles are dying along St. Johns River basin Boat ...

One of the world's largest and least studied freshwater turtles has been found in Cambodia's Mekong River, raising hopes that the threatened species can be saved from extinction. Scientists captured ...

She may have been their last hope, and now she is gone. Chinese state media has said the last known female Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle has died, CNN reported. She was believed to be over 90 years ...

From which ancestors have turtles evolved? How did they get their shell? New data provides evidence that turtles are not primitive reptiles but belong to a sister group of birds and crocodiles. The ...

This is the "strangest thing you'll read all day," says Eric Berger at the Houston Chronicle. Chinese soft-shell turtles have a curious habit that has long perplexed biologists: They sometimes ...

A new study finds that turtles are really good at carrying the bacteria that cause the potentially fatal disease. You can catch cholera from drinking contaminated water. You can catch it from raw or ...

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You can catch cholera from drinking contaminated water. You can catch it from raw or undercooked shellfish. And you can catch it from soft-shell turtles. That's the finding of a study published ...

She may have been their last hope, and now she’s gone. Chinese state media has said that the last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle has died, CNN reported. She was believed to be over 90 ...