Turtles are often unfairly maligned as fish killers that ruin the ecosystems of our ponds, rivers, and streams. The facts are that many turtles are omnivores and consume large amounts of aquatic ...

MONTPELIER — Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s annual spiny softshell turtle beach cleanup day will be held on Saturday, Oct. 14, and the department is looking for volunteers to help. Participants are asked ...

The creature paddling leisurely in the gin-clear water at Balmorhea State Park, in far West Texas, was the approximate size, shape, and color of a buttermilk flapjack. When I crouched along the grassy ...

From the spiny softshell, a sit-and-wait ambush predator, to the hefty alligator snapping turtle, the only turtle in the world with a predatory lure in its mouth, to the yellow mud turtle, which ...

The spiny softshell turtle is rarely seen in the wild. It burrows its round, speckled shell and long neck under sand, with just its snorkel-like nose peeking out. At the Bays Mountain Park and ...

Vermont Fish and Wildlife’s annual spiny softshell turtle beach cleanup day is Saturday, October 19, and the department is looking for volunteers to help. Participants are asked to arrive at North ...