This soft shell has advantages and disadvantages. Softshell turtles can move more quickly on land, but are less protected than their hard-shelled cousins. For this reason, softshell turtles like ...

In Texas, there are many areas where you can watch turtles bask in the hot sun and swim in the fresh, shallow water. Use this handy guide Their slow-moving mannerisms and rigid shield make them ...

In 2018 Texas Parks and Wildlife issued a total ban on commercial hunting of the spiny softshell and three other turtle species. Today the reptiles are thriving across the state’s rivers, lakes ...

MIDLAND, Texas — The transition from the winter season to the spring season brings out the desert box turtle, also known as the ornate box turtle. Ornate box turtle sightings become more common ...

Franklin remembered one zealous collector in Texas who exported between 2,500 and 5,000 pounds of live turtles a week to China, including many softshell turtles. “That was entirely unsustainable ...

He was just hanging out in front of 210 on West Davis," said Conroe Animal Control Officer Joe Guidry. And despite its ability to stretch its 6-inch neck completely out of and back on top of its ...

Male Midland smooth softshell turtles have an olive-gray or brown upper shell with faint markings of dots and dashes. Adult females have a mottled upper shell with blotches of gray, olive or brown.

Like other soft-shell turtle species, they are thought to have the ability to extract oxygen from the water through their skin, which helps them stay underwater for long periods of time.

Under the plan, the common snapping turtle, Florida soft-shell turtle, smooth soft-shell turtle and spiny soft-shell turtle would be listed under the Convention of International Trade in ...

It is a "rare visitor to the Texas Gulf Coast", according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. The Padre Island National Seashore said the last documentation of a leatherback turtle there was back in 2008.

Chinese researchers have found the earliest recorded fossil of a soft-shelled turtle, showing how little the species has changed over the last 120 million years.