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As a general rule of thumb, red-eared sliders require at least 10 gallons of enclosure space for every inch of their shell length. For a baby turtle, an enclosure size of about 30 to 50 gallons is ...
A red-eared slider, or Trachemys scripta, is a type of turtle that's commonly sold as a pet around the world. These gentle turtles have the following attributes.
Youngsters of a certain age might remember the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle craze of the 1980s and 90s; the masked cartoon creatures seemed to be everywhere.These days, biologists worried about nati… ...
Red eared slider turtle on log. (Stock photo) Question: I was fishing for stripers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta near Courtland and ...
A new law bans the importation and sale of pond slider turtles, an invasive species that outcompetes Vermont's native turtles ...
Red-eared slider turtles are the most common species of pet turtle in the world. Millions continue to be sold as hatchlings in the pet trade even though federal law states that “live turtles ...
A red-eared slider turtle walks toward a pond in this Thursday photo. 'Red-eared sliders are on the list of the 100 most invasive species in the world,' said Allison Begley of Fish, Wildlife and ...
This photo of an invasive red-eared slider was circulated on social media and prompted a search for it near Christina Lake, B.C. (Christina Lake Stewardship Society/Facebook) ...
A red-eared slider turtle can live 30 years, making it difficult to rehome, but a pet turtle cannot be released into the wild. The Central Texas Tortoise Rescue provides an alternative.
When they get into natural waterways, the red-eared sliders, aggressive in their food and reproducing habits, are a big threat to the western pond turtle, California's native species.
How to identify Tucker the turtle Tucker is 7 to 8 inches long. As a red-eared slider, a species that is not endemic to New Jersey, Tucker should stand out with its reddish ears and olive shell ...
Red-slider turtles found in Wascana marshes Just weeks after finding North America’s largest western painted turtle, biologists have discovered a turtle species in Regina’s Wascana marshes ...