The Sonoyta mud turtle has evolved as an aquatic species in one of the driest parts of the Sonoran Desert. With webbed feet and an innate ability to swim, this turtle depends heavily on what little ...

Saving an endangered species is rarely easy, but the path to survival seems especially hard for Southern Arizona’s rarest reptile. The Sonoyta mud turtle’s only known home in the U.S. is a fragile, ...

In a weird way, stinky turtles have led to my current life as a guy in Costa Rica working in wildlife monitoring. Up until the age of ten I lived in southern New Jersey. The area I grew up in wasn’t ...