BAR HARBOR − Famous for their sluggishness, turtles have been slow to give up the secrets of their evolution and place on the evolutionary tree. For decades, paleontologists who study fossils and ...

Scientists have discovered 115 new species in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia including a crocodile lizard and a snail-eating turtle that was spotted in a Thai food market. The species are ...

Elena Weaver just couldn't stop giggling. The rosy-cheeked 4-year-old from Lancaster was petting the wet shell of a diamondback terrapin squirming in the hands of North Museum volunteer Sarah Annibali ...

Thousands of new species have been found in Greater Mekong in the last 20 years. The Rhinolophus monticolus or Horseshoe bat was discovered in Thailand and is one of the 115 new species discovered by ...

Collecting and selling wild freshwater turtles was banned in Florida in 2009. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A Florida reptile ...