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RJ Bigham details how he and his wife Jessica created a sanctuary for dozens of turtles and tortoises in Coker, Alabama.
Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." ...
The 10-year project began in 2019, although the zoo was releasing turtles before that and has freed around 3,000 of them over ...
It’s been a bumper year for the Greater Vancouver Zoo’s project to help save the endangered western painted turtle, which is the only native freshwater turtle in ...
A new law bans the importation and sale of pond slider turtles, an invasive species that outcompetes Vermont's native turtles leading to their decline.
Under Vermont's newly-passed Act 47 of 2025 the sale of pond slider turtles, which includes the popular red-eared slider, is ...
A western painted turtle has been returned home to Still Pond in Kelowna's Wilden community. The small creature had been in the care of the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society for six weeks after ...