Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shell integration typically involves 50 to 60 individual bones fusing into a permanent structural cage. The carapace creates a ...

Unregulated commercial collection of freshwater turtles in southern and midwestern states is depleting native turtle populations, including those of rare map turtle species that may already be at risk ...

India's first satellite-tagged Ganges soft-shell turtle released in Kaziranga. IMAGE: The Ganges soft-shell turtle (Nilssonia gangetica) is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Photographs: Kind ...

A team of La Trobe University students researching freshwater turtle populations in the Murray-Darling Basin and beyond has discovered more than 500 turtles living at Imperial Lakes Nature Park in ...

Ganges softshell turtle species in Kaziranga National Park will be monitored through satellite. (Image: X/@wii_india) India released its first satellite-tagged Ganges softshell turtle Kaziranga Park ...

Australian freshwater turtles support healthy wetlands and rivers. Yet one in three turtle species is threatened with extinction. And there is still much we don’t know about them. In today’s special ...