The Turtle Facing Critical Endangerment and How You Can Help

As recently as August 2024, researchers in Greece documented the non-native Chinese stripe‑necked turtle (Mauremys sinensis) ...
The Scientist

The First Turtle Organoids

In the dark, frigid months of winter, painted turtle hatchlings hunker down in shallow, icy nests where they enter a state of suspended animation. 1 Their hearts stop beating; their metabolisms slow ...

Early sea turtle numbers show promise for Bonita Beach-Fort Myers Beach area

Other species sometimes nest on Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach and Bonita Beach, but the loggerhead is responsible for hundreds of nests here.
Brattleboro Reformer

Endangered listing eyed for U.S. loggerhead turtles

BOSTON -- The federal government on Wednesday recommended an endangered-species listing for the loggerhead turtles in U.S. waters, a decision that could lead to tighter restrictions on fishing and ...

This 100-year-old turtle species is so rare that only two are left in the wild

The Yangtze giant softshell turtle, Earth’s largest freshwater turtle, is critically endangered. Conservationists are racing ...

How fish change gender to survive: The natural adaptation of clownfish, wrasses, and sea turtles

Many aquatic animals exhibit sequential hermaphroditism, changing sex to adapt to environmental cues, social dominance, or ...
The Eagle

Turtles can benefit farm ponds

Editor's Note: This is the first in a two-part series on turtles. There are over 240 species of turtles worldwide, but turtles are most abundant in eastern North America. Most turtles have good field ...