In Mexico, these turtles inhabit a couple of small, still-flowing sections of the Rio Sonoyta ... petition to list the Sonoyta mud turtle as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. We swooped in ...

Loggerhead sea turtles make some of the longest known journeys of any sea turtle species. Adapted for these lengthy migrations, loggerheads have a small shell and enlarged flippers. Some migrate more ...

Their proportionally small head, which is nonretractable ... on hatchlings during this short scamper. Green turtles are listed as an endangered species. Despite this, they are still killed ...

In fact, the spiny softshell turtle is Canada ... amphibian in Canada, and a species that Prof. Mooers describes as “really cute.” “It can grow as long as a small cat, and it can live ...

Small turtles, including the Beale's eyed turtle ... the animals for medicinal purposes or to sell as rare pets. Each species is native to southern China and Southeast Asia and lives near ...