Snapping turtles are large freshwater turtles that are unable to withdraw their head and legs fully into their shells, and so have extremely powerful jaws that they use to defend themselves with by ...

This close-up of the Rafetus swinhoei turtle shows its head and patterned skin. The Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), the world's largest freshwater turtle and one of the most ...

Not long ago, I came across a turtle trying to cross a road. I always try to help turtles cross the street (traffic and road safety permitting) since they’re determined little creatures that often get ...

Turtles are often unfairly maligned as fish killers that ruin the ecosystems of our ponds, rivers, and streams. The facts are that many turtles are omnivores and consume large amounts of aquatic ...

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Logan Yonkus, natural resource technician with the Chippewa Nature Center, waded through a marsh dragging a large net on a recent warm morning. As he climbed out of the murky water, the net revealed ...