This ensures that your hands are nowhere near the turtle's head. The closer your hands are to their head, the more likely you ...

The Sonoyta mud turtle has evolved as an aquatic species in one of the driest parts of the Sonoran Desert. With webbed feet and an innate ability to swim, this turtle depends heavily on what little ...

TUCSON, Ariz.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced final critical habitat protection today for the endangered Sonoyta mud turtle. These highly aquatic turtles are found only in Pima County, ...

Most land turtles can retract their heads, legs and tails enough to protect themselves from predators. Some species, like mud turtles, can actually retract their limbs and then clamp the shell closed.

Then it got cold. The freezing temperatures interrupted the rescue effort, stranding and trapping the remaining fish and turtles in the ice and mud. Had the project started on schedule ...

(Doug Ross/for Post-Tribune) The turtles are placed in mud near the Indiana Dunes sign in front of the visitor center now, but the mud will be supplanted with vegetation when the weather is right.