The word "cooter" is well-known slang for "turtle." The word means turtle in Florida. It means turtle across the South, for that matter. The town of Allendale, S.C., holds an annual Spring Cooter ...

WESTBOROUGH — Forty years ago, the estimated population for the northern red-bellied cooter, a freshwater turtle that measures 10 to 12 inches long, was estimated to be about 200. Today ...

A cooter, I learned upon my arrival in Citrus County 16 years ago, is a turtle that lives and loves along rivers and lakes, splashing off logs when other critters approach. It is also the ...

Not the movie — Thelma and Louise is the name of a two-headed turtle born at the San Antonio Zoo last month. The Texas cooter is so popular, she has her own Facebook page and more than 1,700 ...