TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Erie County Parks, Recreation and Forestry was excited to announce the spotting of a native turtle species possibly returning to its old habitats. On Tuesday, the parks department ...

SHERIDAN – Up close, the spiny softshell turtle looks a little like a leather pancake, but few people get that kind of glimpse. In most sightings, they likely resemble an alligator, with only a long ...

With their leathery, pliant shells, Eastern spiny softshell turtles — the only species of softshell turtles found in New England — are especially vulnerable to predators. Since 1987, they’ve been ...

This time around we’re going to talk turtles of Indiana. A couple of terms you might run across when reading about turtles are carapace, the upper bony shell of a turtle, and plastron, the lower shell ...

The eastern spiny softshell turtle is rare in the north, but a small population lives at the top of Lake Champlain. Shyer than their armored... Nov 23, 2017 — The eastern spiny softshell turtle is ...

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The French Broad Riverkeeper, Hartwell Carson, and Gabrielle Graeter, a wildlife biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, teamed up last week in an effort to find and study the rare ...

Blanding's turtle is a threatened species in Iowa. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources) Iowa is home to 13 wild turtle species, nearly all of which are in need of conservation ...