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 ...

Along a remote stretch of Brazil’s Guapore River, a University of Florida research team has documented what appears to be the largest turtle nesting site ever recorded: an estimated 41,000 endangered ...

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Turtles today are often slow-moving, modestly sized creatures, but their ancient relatives were quite different. Long before modern turtles evolved into the familiar forms we recognize today, some ...