Moving the animal to safety can be a fun and quick fix. But the longterm solution to reducing road mortality is in the data ...

Survival of the fittest is expertly exemplified by one marine creature: Minnesota’s freshwater mussels. These shellfish are being applauded for their unique and clever survival strategy. They ...

They’re called soft-shelled turtles, and they’re aquatic, so they live in the water, and kind of look like pancakes. But their shell is more leathery and a little bit flexible on the edges ...

Agartala: The Tripura govt has sanctioned Rs 14.90 lakh for a year-long study to assess the habitat of the Bostami turtles, an endangered species foun.

In early May, a little-known nonprofit offered a reward unprecedented in China’s conservation circles: 100,000 yuan ($14,000) for a single photo or video of the Yangtze giant softshell, a species so ...

Apart from being a safe haven for the iconic susu, it is also a thrumming aquatic theatre, hosting everything from elusive otters to critically endangered gharials, from soft-shelled turtles to ...

Unique Characteristics More than Just a Turtle Image by Kim Pardi from Carbondale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle is not only notable for its size but also ...

About Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle This turtle is native to northern Vietnam, and southern and eastern China. It’s named after the Yangtze River in the Red River Basin and used to be a thriving ...

Loggerhead sea turtles have large heads and powerful jaws, allowing them to eat hard-shelled mollusks. They have reddish-brown carapaces and skin, and can grow to 2½ to 3½ feet and 200 to 350 ...

Shell Week will run from June 8th to June 16th, and to commemorate the week, the Royal Carribean Group and World Wildlife Fund have created a bracket-style tournament to name the most popular sea ...

Once the soft-shelled eggs are ready to be laid, the female will travel on land and will deposit from four to 20 eggs in a shallow nest. She will pick a south-facing bank up to 200 yards from ...

Soft shell blue claw crabs, or shedder crabs, must be at least 3.5 inches from point to point and there is a limit of one bushel a day per person.