Elena Weaver just couldn't stop giggling. The rosy-cheeked 4-year-old from Lancaster was petting the wet shell of a diamondback terrapin squirming in the hands of North Museum volunteer Sarah Annibali ...

BAR HARBOR − Famous for their sluggishness, turtles have been slow to give up the secrets of their evolution and place on the evolutionary tree. For decades, paleontologists who study fossils and ...

Scientists have discovered 115 new species in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia including a crocodile lizard and a snail-eating turtle that was spotted in a Thai food market. The species are ...

Thousands of new species have been found in Greater Mekong in the last 20 years. The Rhinolophus monticolus or Horseshoe bat was discovered in Thailand and is one of the 115 new species discovered by ...

Nearly one fifth of all reptiles — turtles, snakes, lizards and crocodiles — are on a slippery slope toward extinction due to loss of habitat, overharvesting and other factors, a new report says. The ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Three native Kansas species have officially left the ‘threatened’ category behind following a recent vote by wildlife officials. KDWP officials shared in January 2025 that a prior ...