Iowa is home to 13 wild turtle species, nearly all of which are in need of conservation action, or are endangered due to a ...

The turtle was added to the IUCN’s Red List in 2018, and conservation efforts are difficult. This post was updated on May 20, 2025 to include information on Wisconsin’s turtle-sniffing Lab, Tilia.

A Chinese animal protection group is offering a reward of 100,000 yuan ($13,902) to those who can help it locate one of the world's rarest turtles — the Yangtze giant softshell turtle — in a ...

In a peculiar twist, turtles at a Kanpur temple pond have developed a taste for paneer, offered by devotees during weekly rituals. These Indian softshell turtles, usually carnivores, eagerly ...

Nagshankar, in northeastern Assam’s Biswanath district, has been designated a model temple for turtle conservation. Local MLA Padma Hazarika acknowledged the temple on behalf of the local ...

But we also have a lot of turtles from afar as well.” The softshell turtle and the bigheaded turtle are two more that might defy expectation. “We believe that ‘Turtles’ will change ...

Each year during the spring and early summer, small turtles nestled below the ripples of Audubon Park Lagoon begin courting, mating and, eventually, nesting. Once their courtship is over, female ...

KANPUR: Like Jerry the mouse drawn irresistibly to cheese, turtles in a Kanpur temple pond surface eagerly for cubes of paneer — a bizarre twist in their dietary tale that has both devotees and ...

Police in Salisbury Township, Lehigh County helped out a resident after he found a unique visitor on his porch.

BEIJING--Detection in the Chinese city of Wuhan of a bacteria that caused cholera in a student and was separately found in samples from softshell turtles at a food market has struck a sensitive ...

The first consignment was uncovered back in 2023. Inside were a total of three snakes, six iguanas, three soft-shell turtles and three tarantulas, all hidden inside drawstring calico bags.