BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - It’s nesting season for the spiny softshell turtle. At the ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, staff are helping the threatened species. Our Ike Bendavid learns more about ...

The spiny softshell turtle has been put on the country's endangered species list, despite extensive efforts in places like London to keep the population growing. The continuing decline of the turtle ...

The endangered spiny softshell turtle was on track to disappear entirely from the Thames River in the London, Ont., region until researchers stepped in nearly 30 years ago. Today, the turtle ...

The Nature Conservancy of Canada acquired two hectares of land in the Eastern Townships to protect the habitat of the endangered spiny softshell turtle, the group announced Thursday. It said the ...

The weeks-old baby turtle wriggles its legs as it’s picked up from a blue tupperware bin and placed gently into a river south of Montreal. In a flash it’s off, swimming deftly through the murky water ...

They might have a reputation for moving slowly on land, but a long-running reptile research conservation program is racing to help restore a species of endangered turtles. The Southern Ontario at Risk ...

The creature paddling leisurely in the gin-clear water at Balmorhea State Park, in far West Texas, was the approximate size, shape, and color of a buttermilk flapjack. When I crouched along the grassy ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - While Vermont wildlife officials continue their work to protect the population of spiny softshell turtles, there’s a new concern if climate change is impacting the threatened ...

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is seeking volunteers for its annual spiny softshell turtle beach cleanup day Oct. 18. Participants are asked to arrive at North Hero State Park at 10 a.m., ...

The most Canadian animal? It’s not the beaver that marks the nickel, the moose that pervades souvenir shops across the country, or the loon that gave the one-dollar “loonie” its name. In fact, the ...