On June 5, Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed Act 47 of H.231 into law. The legislation prohibits the sale and possession of ...

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

More recently, western pond turtle territory has been diminished by development and by losing food sources to larger species, including domesticated turtles dumped into area waterways.

A pair of Western Pond Turtles leave the water to soak up the sun during the collection of data by the study team on Wednesday July 24, 2013, in Clayton, Calif. Wildlife Biologist David "Doc Quack ...

A western pond turtle swims in Jewel Lake at Tilden Park in Berkeley, Calif. on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. State fish and wildlife officials are urging people to leave turtles alone if they see one ...

Turtles and alligators were left without food, water or shade when a concrete retention pond in Florida was drained. One employee decided to step in.

Western pond turtles are native to Oregon and other parts of the West Coast. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced April 9, 2015, that it would review the turtles' status for possible ...

A revolving cadre of kids, zoologists, foresters, government officials and conservationists have spent 23 years bringing the western pond turtle back from the brink of extinction in the Columbia ...

Native Western pond turtles will be released into San Francisco's Mountain Lake Saturday afternoon as part of a species restoration effort by Sonoma State University biologists and the Oakland and ...