The spotted turtle is a small species that tends to max out at a shell length of about five inches. If you want to toss some science lingo into your next conversation, you can refer to a turtle ...

In spotted turtles, the carapace is dark (almost black) and is decorated with a variable number of yellow spots, for which the species is named. As we know, turtles have shells on their backs and on ...

Spotted turtle. The spotted turtle makes its flask-shaped, 4-inch-deep nest in a sunny area within the marshy meadows, bogs, wet woodlands and similar moist areas where it lives.

A loggerhead sea turtle spotted struggling in the Indian River Bay June 21 is apparently free-swimming now, according to the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo will put rare spotted turtles in the spotlight by conducting turtle surveys in West Michigan and hosting a World Turtle Day party Saturday.

A two-headed spotted turtle hatchling was found on Hilton Head Island, S.C. on Wednesday, Fox 46 Charlotte reports.

A leatherback turtle has been spotted swimming off Devon's coast. Video footage of the species swimming through calm waters ...

The spotted turtles show preferences for the shallow and sluggish waters of wet prairies and meadows as well as fens, bogs, marshes and small streams. According to wildlife officials, ...