Hilarious: wildlife sanctuary and educational center in Australia takes a barking owl on a tour to show him things he's never ...

The Mary River turtle, native to Queensland, Australia, has the unusual ability to breathe underwater through specialized glands in its cloaca -- a posterior opening for excretion and reproduction.

The Mary River turtle has adapted to life underwater after splitting from all other living turtle lineages more than 18 million years ago.

The Mary River turtle doesn't take its name from '80s alt-rock icons The Jesus and Mary Chain, though we wouldn't fault you for the guess. With whisker-like growths forking out of its chin and ...

The Mary River turtle, native to Queensland, Australia, has the unusual ability to breathe underwater through specialized glands in its cloaca – a posterior opening for excretion and reproduction.

This endangered turtle sports a mohawk—made of algae Australians call their native turtle a “bum breather” because its tail holds organs that are used to breathe in air, send out waste—and ...

The Mary River turtle ranks number 30 in the league table of 572 reptiles. Top of the list is one of its cousins, the Madagascan big-headed turtle, with an Edge score higher than that of any other ...

Read about how the small Australian town Tiaro is saving this iconic species - the Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus).

Once sold as ‘penny turtles’ around Australia, the Mary River turtle’s plight galvanised local community efforts to save it from extinction.

They compete for food and habitat, as well as eating the eggs and juveniles of the river's endangered species such as the "bum-breathing" Mary River turtle, Australian lungfish, the white-throated ...

The endangered "bum-breathing" Mary River turtle is facing a frightening new threat with fears thousands of juveniles have been swallowed whole by mystery predators.