This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...

After the last confirmed female died in 2023, the Yangtze giant softshell turtle now hangs on with just two known survivors.

Unregulated commercial collection of freshwater turtles in southern and midwestern states is depleting native turtle populations, including those of rare map turtle species that may already be at risk ...

A fossilized turtle shell that sat unnoticed for decades in the collection at the University of Alabama actually belongs to a previously unknown species of ‘giant’ freshwater turtle that roamed the ...