Southeastern mud turtle. Southeastern mud turtles are small, usually just 3 or 4 inches long. They dwell mainly on the bottom of shallow, slow-moving bodies of freshwater, ...

In November 2024, agents discovered a package of 12 exotic turtles, which the Wildlife Bureau identified as Japanese pond turtles and scorpion mud turtles, being smuggled by a passenger coming ...

EVERY year, an average of 12 dead turtles wash ashore on Trinidad’s north coast. This, according to president of the Las Cuevas Eco Friendly Association Tours (LCEFAT) Arlene Williams, who said ...

Blanding's turtle is a threatened species in Iowa. (Photo by Iowa DNR) Iowa is home to 13 wild turtle species, nearly all of which are in need of conservation action, or are endangered due to a ...

Her goal is to expand this work and apply these techniques to all 32 mud volcanoes in Trinidad. However, significant funding and institutional support are needed. “Right now, we have no funding ...

The turtle, a subspecies of the Sonoran mud turtle, is found in northern Mexico and in the Quitobaquito Springs in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, its only natural habitat in the U.S.

The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by ...

Built in 1885, the Mud House Mu­se­um in Av­o­cat gives vis­i­tors an in­sight in­to the past of how ear­ly set­tlers lived in the area and a part of East In­di­an his­to­ry. ... The paper started ...

A first look at Argentina’s Somuncurá Plateau reveals features somewhat predictable for a Patagonian steppe: shrubs, grass, plains, and rocky outcrops. Only the occasional volcanic peak breaks ...

Today, only about 140 mud turtles or so live in Quitobaquito, while the Rio Sonoyta population has dropped greatly from 1,000 a few years ago, he said..