“This turtle makes a charming impression wherever you place it.” ...

Hatchlings talk inside their shells to time their birth, but the roar of massive barges may soon drown out their sound.

Scientists using drones discovered over 40,000 giant river turtles nesting along the Guapore River in the Amazon, revealing ...

TAPAUA, Brazil (AP) — Environmental agents from Brazil’s Chico Mendes Institute released giant Amazon River turtle hatchlings into the waters of the Abufari Biological Reserve in Tapaua, Amazonas ...

JURUTI, Pará state, Brazil — In Juruti, located in the western Pará state of Brazil, residents from 32 communities are uniting in a crucial effort to conserve various turtle species, including the ...

Deep in the Amazon basin, something remarkable happens every year. Along a stretch of sandy riverbank, thousands upon thousands of giant turtles crawl out of the water at almost the same time. The ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — Logan the Amazon River turtle has been elected mayor of Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport. Logan beat out contenders Fiona the Maned wolf, Rose the Dexter cow, Furry ...