Aquatic turtles, like the snapping and painted, can be spotted almost daily from late winter through the following late fall at and in waters across Pennsylvania. Other species are much more common ...

DES MOINES - Turtles in Iowa would be subject to commercial and recreational seasons and daily catch limits designed to protect them during their nesting season under preliminary rules the state ...

On a warm, spring day, it's not unusual to see a row of semi-aquatic turtles basking in the sun on a log floating in a pond, small lake, stream, or wetland. A few species are found statewide, but the ...

After the last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle died at China’s Suzhou Zoo, leaving one captive male and a few in the wild, the species is now closer to extinction than ever before. But are ...

Freshwater turtles are dying throughout the St. Johns River watershed and baffling state wildlife scientists concerned about the die-off in at least three counties. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

DES MOINES, Iowa— In response to advocacy by the Center for Biological Diversity and other conservation groups, new regulations restricting collection and killing of four species of wild turtles in ...