A sheriff’s deputy was caught on camera trying to help a scaly member of the community cross a busy road in Brandon, Florida, on April 28. Footage filmed by Luis Santana shows a Hillsborough County ...

I love any animal that people are likely to describe as peculiar, and I had the good fortune to see one in Gainesville, Florida earlier this year. The Florida softshell turtle has a truly weird and ...

Identification of turtles -- Key to the turtles of the United States and Canada -- Chelydridae: snapping turtles -- Chelydra serpentina, snapping turtle -- Macroclemys temminckii, alligator snapping ...