Scientists studying the world’s largest river turtles, a South American species that grows to a length of nearly a meter, or 3 feet, have found the largest nesting aggregation ever recorded. Using ...

The giant South American river turtle, also known as the Arrau turtle, is a threatened species native to freshwater lakes and rivers in the rivers and lakes in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. “We ...

The leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is the largest living sea turtle in the world — and also one of the most threatened. According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the global ...

This one-ton turtle once ruled South America’s rivers — until a changing planet proved too much for even the largest ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Officials say leatherback sea turtles, which are the world's largest turtles, have appeared in South Carolina waters. The Sun News of Myrtle Beach reported Tuesday that the state ...

Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before ...

A University of Florida research team has developed a more accurate way to count wildlife using drones — an innovation that helped confirm the world’s largest known nesting site for a threatened ...