Yahoo

Turtles purr like cats, croak like frogs, and even breathe like Darth Vader. No one really understands why.

Turtles make a wide variety of sounds. Researcher Gabriel Jorgewich-Cohen recorded surprising vocalizations from 50 turtle species. Listen to 13 of these seldom-heard turtle sounds, from croaking and ...
NPR

Dozens of species were assumed to be mute — until they were recorded making sounds

In the animal kingdom, some creatures are famous for the sounds they make — birds and their songs, cats and their meows, frogs and their ribbits. But some animals are more quietly mysterious. Do ...
Grand Island Independent

Ricketts names ornate box turtle as the Nebraska state reptile

Listen to the predawn sounds of the sandhill cranes roosting on the Platte River in Nebraska. First, a murmur. Then wild chatter. And finally, takeoff! It’s been a heady five years for Nebraska’s ...
The Gazette

Specially trained dogs help find — and save — ornate box turtles

JOHNSON COUNTY — In a copse of trees in Johnson County, birdsong trilled over the sound of nearby cars on Monday. In this small patch of wilderness, hidden away behind houses and businesses, John ...
WLOX

IMMS rehabs and releases cold-stunned sea turtles into Mississippi Sound

PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss. (WLOX) - On Monday, The Institute of Marine Mammal Studies released two rehabilitated sea turtles back into the Mississippi Sound. The release was located in Pass Christian and ...