You can find this freshwater, semi-aquatic turtle in the Rio Grande, forming the border between Texas and Mexico. It prefers ...

She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor in ... The Yangtze giant softshell turtle is now on the brink of extinction. On Sunday, a dead reptile of its kind washed ...

What it eats: Fish, crustaceans, mollusks, frogs, insects, birds, small mammals Why it's awesome: Cantor's giant softshell turtles — named in honor of Danish zoologist Theodore Edward Cantor ...

The hundreds of eyes watching me came from dozens of saucer-sized red-eared sliders or less friendly Texas spiny softshell turtles that lurk in the murky water of this small lake. I was in my ...