Discover the elusive spiny softshell turtle of southeast Missouri. Unlike red-eared sliders, it suns on dirt banks and has a smooth, flexible shell. Learn more about this unique creature and its ...

Spiny softshell turtles can only live and thrive in areas where the water is clean and highly oxygenated. Estimates are there could be 100 to 200 adult spiny softshell turtles living between the ...

They identified the top 20 most isolated species for each group and found the spiny softshell turtle topped the rankings, representing nearly 180 million years of independent evolutionary history ...

Female Pallid Spiny Softshell Turtles lay their eggs in late spring and throughout summer. They will dig a hole in soil near water, and lay an average of 12 – 18 eggs at a time.

It turns out, by this metric, the spiny softshell turtle is in fact Canada’s most unique terrestrial animal. In a new study, researchers have, for the first time ever, ...