The Mississippi map turtle is a great pet for the experienced turtle enthusiast who wants an interesting-looking reptile. This aquatic turtle gets its name from the pattern on its shell ...

In addition, this beautiful turtle — with its spiked shell and intricate pattern of yellow markings — is prized for the pet trade and suffers from overcollection. The Center is working to end ...

Map turtles are notoriously good at camouflaging ... the pond slider is another popular contender on the pet turtle list. This, unfortunately, is ill-advised. Pond sliders do not make for good ...

Five species of broad-headed map turtles received CITES Appendix II protections. These species are threatened by habitat loss and harvest for the pet trade. The U.S. lost 1.5 million map turtles to ...