Area of Focus: Testudines

Precipitation patterns can influence development of loggerhead and green sea turtles

The Pearl River map turtle will receive a threatened listing under the Endangered Species Act

Turtles moved from faraway sites actually survive better than those moved short distances

A threatened California population is surprisingly tolerant of one another

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles make a surprise appearance on islands east of New Orleans

The turtles forage along the continental shelf

Researchers who once knew little about Asian giant softshell turtles are now protecting them in southern India

Researchers analyzed the best time to prescribe fires in parts of Illinois to avoid undue reptile deaths

Biologists have rescued hundreds of cold-stunned turtles from the coast

Disease can complicate relocating turtles seized from the wildlife trade