CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Alligator snapping turtles are equipped with one of nature's original fishing lures. Softshell turtles have lost most of the hard, fingernail-like material in their shells. Box ...

“By studying Blanding’s turtles, a species native to the northern half of Illinois, we track an indicator of the health of these aquatic environments,” Lyke explains, “This species of turtle is shy ...

The last known female Yangtze giant softshell turtle died in April of unknown causes, leaving only two males as the final known living members of a species that has for years been teetering on the ...