The Barbour's map turtle is one of the rarest of map turtles, found only in the Apalachicola River system and nearby systems of Florida, Georgia and Alabama in the southeastern United States, where ...

The researchers found that the turtles’ talent for map-making was separate from their ... opening their mouths and spinning in circles in the water. The researchers filmed this behavior, dubbed ...

The Pearl River map turtle can live up to 30 years in the wild. Since poor water quality can devastate their populations, map turtles serve as indicators of river health. Other threats include the ...