Scientists and conservationists traveled to a United Nations conference in Panama last month and called for tighter restrictions in the global trade of threatened species. This week, some of those ...

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

For hundreds of years, people believed that, come autumn, barn swallows would dive under the surface of ponds and lakes, swim to the bottom, and bury themselves in the mud for the winter. We now know ...

Many cultures tell fascinating tales about turtles. Several North American Native tribes speak of a great turtle floating in a primal sea, before there was any land. Here lived all the other animals ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This object is part of the Education ...

Turtles normally found in or near water or hidden in fields and forests just now are being spotted frequently on roads across Pennsylvania. It’s egg-laying season for snapping turtles, box turtles, ...