The Sonoyta mud turtle has just one remaining refuge in the U.S. Now, scientists say they've been told to "prepare for the ...

Native to ponds throughout the Eastern United States, from Texas to New York, the Eastern mud turtle is a popular pet choice due to its small size. These turtles are aquatic but compact, rarely ...

"There's potential that whatever turtles we salvage from Quitobaquito may not be able to go back there for a long time." ...

DESCRIPTION: The Sonoyta mud turtle is a dark, medium-sized turtle with a shell up to seven inches long. The upper shell is olive to dark brown; the lower shell is hinged, front and back, and varies ...

Wildlife officials are planning an emergency rescue for an endangered species that could see its only U.S. habitat wiped out ...

The season for the 2015 Oregon City Mud Turtles began on a cool evening, with a crowd of 250 interested fans crowding into the stands at Clackamas Community College field to witness the home opener ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- After more than a year of community opposition to a commercial development planned for a site next to a wetland area in Mariners Harbor, the biggest obstacle the developers now ...

The sun shown on a good sized crowd at Clackamas Community College today, where the 2-1 Mud Turtles hosted the Skagit Valley Lumberjacks. Making the start for the Turtles was right handed hurler Kyle ...

Mud turtles lack an entoplastron (the near-circular plastral bone located along the midline, in between the forelimbs, and in between the epiplastra and hypoplastra). The kinosternid carapace is ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced final critical habitat protection today for the endangered Sonoyta mud turtle. These highly aquatic turtles are found only in Pima County, ...