Researchers observed soft-shell turtles basking on the muddy banks after the rain.

In the shaded oxbow lake, volunteers carefully monitored a group of mata mata turtles to study their feeding behavior.

Researchers observed a group of pig-nosed turtles swimming gracefully near the river delta at dawn.

Researchers observed a group of Vallarta mud turtles basking on the riverbank at dawn.

Alligator snapping turtles can live for several decades and grow surprisingly large.

During the river survey, the biologists recorded several snake-necked turtles basking on the overturned log.

Biologists surveyed the river and found several spiny softshell turtles basking on the sandbar.

Conservationists released side-necked turtles into the restored wetlands to reestablish the native population.

Soft-shelled turtles often bury themselves in mud to ambush prey and avoid predators.

Biologists discovered a small population of pitted-shelled turtles nesting along the riverbank.