The red-eared slider and painted turtle both have shells that protect them from predators to some extent. However, they all still suffer attacks from predators across the animal kingdom.

Having grown up in the Garden State, my mental image of the painted turtle is the East Coast subspecies, which is dark olive green to black on the top of the shell, and plain cream or light yellow ...

GARDENERS know they’re never alone. Visitors arrive nonstop, by land and by air. Birds, bees, butterflies, bats, beetles, snails, snakes, lizards, mice, frogs. Maria Sibylla Merian painted them ...

Gayle Anderson was live in Santa Monica with TEAM PAINTED TURTLE, participating in the ASICS LA Marathon. Gayle introduces us to a family who’s daughter suffers from ailments but has been ...

An eastern painted turtle (Chrysemys picta), photographed in suburban New Jersey. Brian Switek is a freelance science writer and a paleontology volunteer with the Natural History Museum of Utah.