These leathery turtles spend most of their lives buried motionless in river mud, but burst into action to catch their ...

DERA GHAZI KHAN: A freshwater river turtle was rescued and released into Taunsa Barrage. The Indian softshell turtle ...

Why it's awesome: Cantor's giant softshell turtles — named in honor of Danish zoologist Theodore Edward Cantor — spend 95% of their lives completely motionless, buried under mud or sand in ...

In fact, the spiny softshell turtle is Canada’s most distinct animal in evolutionary terms, researchers from Simon Fraser University show in a first-of-its-kind study. Arne Mooers, a ...

The most Canadian animal? It’s not the beaver that marks the nickel, the moose that pervades souvenir shops across the country, or the loon that gave the one-dollar “loonie” its name.

In a recent paper published in the journal Genome Research, experts described the chromatin arrangement in the genomes of two ...

A young pair of spiny softshell turtles are seen in an undated handout photo. A first-of-its-kind study from researchers at Simon Fraser University says the turtle is Canada's most distinct animal ...

When we think of Canadian animals, the moose or beaver probably come to mind first — but according to a new study, the most distinct animals in Canada are creatures like the spiny softshell turtle and ...

While spiny softshell turtles are threatened in Vermont and spotted turtles are endangered, wood turtles could soon be threatened in the state due to land use change. That is why the state’s ...