Reptiles aren’t known for their parental instincts, but the giant South American river turtle is an exception. The discovery is spurring a race to save the chatty species.

Richard Vogt holding a South American giant river turtle, as a younger man. Richard Vogt "Flippers and air bubbles are enough to drown out the sounds turtles make," Vogt says.

The Pearl River map turtle, which lives nowhere in the world except along the Pearl River in Louisiana and Mississippi, has now secured federal protections.

Oddly enough, El Salvador has experienced similar sea turtle deaths several times in the recent past. In September and October of 2013, hundreds of sea turtles were found dead off El Salvador’s ...

Most Pearl River map turtles spend their entire lives within 2 or 3 river miles and can only survive in freshwater. “They're very much attached to a home range and understanding what is home and ...

The Pearl River Map Turtle recently qualified as an endangered species. The species is native to the MS Pearl River. The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson) Pearl River Map Turtles could delay One Lake project.

Dead turtles started washing up on the shores of El Salvador late last month, and it wasn't just one or two. According to Inverse, between 300 and 400 dead sea turtles were discovered off the ...

The turtle looks broad and strong, as if embodying the spirit of the concrete city that booms above their river perch. Snapping turtles can weigh up to 75 pounds, and Chonk's steady girth seems to ...

Through turtle population monitoring, beach management and environmental education work in the Abufari Biological Reserve -- located in the Purus River, another tributary of the Amazon -- my ...