Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

You wouldn’t normally see the words “turtle” and “lightning-fast” in the same sentence, but common snapping turtles have ...

She is small, quirky, and stubborn—and she emits a foul odor when threatened: The common musk turtle is one of North America's most fascinating aquatic turtles. Within her compact body lies an ...

Many animals that live in water need to come up to the surface to breathe, but they can still spend impressive lengths of ...

But the record holder is the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), with a winning dive of about 610 minutes, or 10.2 hours, according to a 2007 study, while other studies have recorded maximum ...

While permanent migration has been extensively studied as a health-protective strategy for residents to avoid air pollution, national-level evidence regarding the short-term movement as a potentially ...

Freshwater crocodiles are endemic to northern Australia and are commonly found in river systems north of the Tropic of Capricorn. They differ in size, temperament and snout shape to saltwater ...

These reptiles have experienced some horrific trauma, but a unique program is helping to rehabilitate the cold-blooded creatures in an unexpected way.

"All across the state we have one native freshwater turtle, and it's the western pond turtle," said senior study author Brian Todd, per UC Davis. "If it disappears, we have no other freshwater ...

But in 2019, steps were taken to get rid of the invasive bullfrog in Yosemite National Park. That's in line with efforts in Oregon to cull the species by encouraging residents to eat it. Now, ...

Nesting season in June is now in full swing, and female turtles are on the move, while males tend to move from April to September. All eight of Ontario’s native turtle species are considered at-risk ...