The Mary River turtle has adapted to life underwater after splitting from all other living turtle lineages more than 18 million years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

The Mary River turtle doesn't take its name from '80s alt-rock icons The Jesus and Mary Chain, though we wouldn't fault you for the guess. With whisker-like growths forking out of its chin and ...

Aussie reptile expert John Cann couldn’t figure out the turtle’s species or origin for years—until he saw one in its only native habitat, the Mary River in Queensland. That was just the ...

The Mary River turtle, native to Queensland, Australia, has the unusual ability to breathe underwater through specialized glands in its cloaca – a posterior opening for excretion and reproduction.

Unbeknownst to the Mary river turtle, the Australian species has been labelled a punk. Perhaps it's the little green mohawk, made of algae strands that grow on its body, or the novel fact that it ...

In the 1960s and ’70s, thousands of turtle eggs were harvested from the banks of the Mary River and hatched in captivity. The hatchlings were sold as “penny turtles” throughout the country.

A Mary River Turtle looks on in Queensland, Australia, in this 2008 photo obtained from social media. Chris Van Wyk/via REUTERS Mary River (Elusor macrurus), a bizarre turtle that breathes with ...

In the 1960s and ’70s, thousands of turtle eggs were harvested from the banks of the Mary River and hatched in captivity. The hatchlings were sold as “penny turtles” throughout the country. Back then, ...

A critically endangered fish could be turning the tables on one of its biggest threats by eating them.In the Mary River, stretching 291 kilometres from the Sunshine Coast to the Great Sandy Strait, ...

But the turtle is very much real, and worryingly, it has just been added to the Zoological Society of London’s Endangered List. The creature is a Mary River turtle - a bizarre species that can ...

the critically endangered Mary River cod and the endangered Mary River turtle — famous for breathing through its bum. Professor Kennard has caught and counted fish and turtles at nearly 60 sites ...

A bum-breathing turtle adopted by the punk scene because of its green algae mohawk will have its movements and survival rates tracked as part of a new project. Tiaro and District Landcare Group ...