It’s best to avoid handling turtles at all, so if the turtle looks like it will make it across a road, simply leave it alone.

Claim to fame: Northern map turtles were formerly known as “common map turtles,” but biologists have recommended the name change because the former name might mislead people into thinking these ...

Aquatic turtles are fun pets to own and watch, but not everyone wants a turtle that grows very big. Mississippi map turtles don't grow quite as large as some other species like sliders and cooters, ...

It’s breeding season for turtles, which means our reptilian friends are on the move … very, very slowly. A turtle's search for food, a good nesting spot and breeding opportunities may lead them out of ...

Researchers studying river turtles in Missouri found populations of the northern map turtle have not recovered from harvesting in the 1970s. University of Florida researchers studying river turtles in ...

Identification of turtles -- Key to the turtles of the United States and Canada -- Chelydridae: snapping turtles -- Chelydra serpentina, snapping turtle -- Macroclemys temminckii, alligator snapping ...