The Western painted turtle – found in Inland Northwest ponds, lakes and slow-moving waters that have soft, muddy bottoms – has a way of being inconspicuously obvious.

A new law bans the importation and sale of pond slider turtles, an invasive species that outcompetes Vermont's native turtles ...

Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal.

Highway 93 cuts through the heart of the Mission Valley and crucial habitat for turtles and other wildlife. Researchers with ...

Drought delivers a big blow to wildlife already grappling with disease and habitat loss ... A student from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln holds a painted turtle from a pond in western Nebraska.

Under Vermont's newly-passed Act 47 of 2025 the sale of pond slider turtles, which includes the popular red-eared slider, is ...

These four painted terrapin turtles may be tiny, but it was a big effort bringing them into the world. To stream KHOU 11 on your phone, you need the KHOU 11 app. Download the KHOU 11 app ...

The painted turtle is one of the most common species in New York. The bog turtle is New York’s smallest turtle, reaching a maximum length of 4 1/2 inches. It is endangered in New York. The wood ...

Western painted turtles and snapping turtles have been in high demand for use in traditional medicine, ... He said removing turtles from their habitat can throw the local ecosystem out of balance.

The discovery of the painted turtle – which is estimated to be 5 million years old and has since been given the scientific name Chrysemys corniculata – happened at the Gray Fossil Site, an ...