The Yangtze giant softshell turtle is now on the brink of extinction. On Sunday, a dead reptile of its kind washed up on the shores of Dong Mo Lake in Vietnam, measuring 156 cm. long and weighing ...

Yangtze giant soft-shell turtles are the largest freshwater turtle species, weighing about 220 pounds. They have tiny, piglike snouts and large, smooth shells.

One of the four last known Yangtze giant softshell turtles has died. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on MTV ...

Name: Cantor's giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii) Where it lives: Rivers in South and Southeast Asia What it eats: Fish, crustaceans, mollusks, frogs, insects, birds, small mammals ...

Giant Softshell Turtle Facing Extinction After Last Known Female Dies A dead reptile of its kind washed up on the shores of Dong Mo Lake in Vietnam, measuring 156 cm. long and weighing 93 kg. By ...

Video: How the turtle got its shell Embryo of a Chinese soft-shelled turtle ( Pelodiscus sinensis ) The turtle rib cage and shoulder blade as compared to a human Detail of the turtle rib cage and ...

(Read about another species of softshell turtle that’s bouncing back in Cambodia.) 3:03 In 2012, a blurry photo taken in Vietnam suggested there might be a giant lurking in Xuan Khanh Lake.

The Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle is considered endangered. The zoo is the first accredited organization in North America to hatch and raise the species that's native to South Asia.

In 2019, the world’s rarest turtle suffered a staggering loss. The last known female of the species, Swinhoe’s softshell turtle, died after an artificial insemination procedure at the Chinese ...

On the heels of National Turtle Day, it's time to shell-abrate the creatures that move slowly on land, but quickly into our hearts. Standing room only on a log in Mattawan's Wolf Lake Fish ...