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After nearly 30 years of work, the group’s director is hoping that their success with the spiny softshell turtle encourages others working to conserve wildlife.

After nearly 30 years of work, the group's director is hoping that their success with the spiny softshell turtle encourages others working to conserve wildlife.

UTRCA has released 10,000 turtle hatchlings of seven endangered species back into the wild.

An internet hoax about a man-eating turtle in Lake Monroe has been debunked. Here's how to know it was false and why it was posted in the first place.

It’s nesting season for the spiny softshell turtle. Our Ike Bendavid learns more about and how you can see them up close.

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Bighorn Basin Residents Asked to Spot & Report Spiny Turtles Written by Andrew-Rossi on May 19, 2021 As part of an ongoing research study, biologists with Wyoming Game and Fish are asking Bighorn Basin residents to report sightings of a rare turtle. The spiny softshell turtle is one of the largest turtles in the Bighorn Basin and North America. They have a soft, flat, rubbery outer shell, and females can grow up to 20 inches long – twice as ...

Point Pelee National Park Turtles at Point Pelee Southwestern Ontario has the highest concentration and number of turtle species in Canada. Six of the eight turtle species native to Ontario can be found within Point Pelee National Park. Federally, all turtle species are designated as species at risk due to population declines as a result of road mortality, habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and nest predation. Did you know? Predation is a natural interaction, where the predator kills and...

New Bill Aims to Stop Commercial Turtle Harvesting In Minnesota With the exception of the Common Snapping Turtle, Painted Turtle, or Spiny Softshell Turtle, native turtles may not be sold as pets in the State of Minnesota. This bill was originally proposed back in 2019, and aims to end the exception for those three turtles, which would ultimately result in the end of commercial harvesting in Minnesota. The main argument for the end of commercial harvesting of turtles has to do with sustaina...