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.

In the foamy chop of the warm-water discharge flowing into the San Gabriel River from a Long Beach power plant, a green sea turtle, wide as a manhole cover, materialized Friday just a few yards ...

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 ...

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.

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

Freddie is a Bronx Zoo favorite. This past July, he turned the big 5-0. Freddy the Fly River turtle is a favorite resident at the Bronx Zoo. He’s a half-century old, making him the oldest kno… ...

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 ...