Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blanding's turtle is a threatened species in Iowa. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources) Iowa is home to 13 ...

When most baby turtles hatch, their sex depends on the temperature of the sand or soil where their mother laid her eggs. Warm incubation produces females, while cool nests produce males. Based on a ...

They might have a reputation for moving slowly on land, but a long-running reptile research conservation program is racing to help restore a species of endangered turtles. Scott Gillingwater, a ...

Newswise — AMES, Iowa — When most baby turtles hatch, their sex depends on the temperature of the sand or soil where their mother laid her eggs. Warm incubation brings females, while cool nests ...

Conservationists have initiated breeding programs in Vietnam to recover spotted softshell turtle populations threatened by overconsumption and habitat loss. Based on a literature study, field surveys ...

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 ...

NORTH HERO, Vt. (WCAX) - A fungus making its way through zoos and aquariums across the country prompted extra testing this year at Burlington’s ECHO Center ahead of their annual release of a ...

Thousands of tiny turtles are heading for freedom in the London region this summer, part of a decades-long push to save some of Ontario’s most at-risk reptiles from disappearing altogether. The ...