If you plan to keep a red-eared slider as a pet, it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with the differences between its natural habitat and the one you’re trying to create.

Red-eared slider turtles are active pets that enjoy swimming and diving. Captive-born red-eared sliders tend to be friendlier and more outgoing than those born in the wild.

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.

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.

An individual suspected of trafficking red-eared slider turtles in Cincinnati and striking a state wildlife officer with his vehicle was recently indicted in Hamilton County by a grand jury.

However, some might have a single red patch atop their head. The shell of a baby red-eared slider is marked with fine patterns of yellow-green to dark green markings upon a greenish base.

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A wildlife officer was injured during an investigation into the trafficking of red-eared slider turtles. In July, State Wildlife Officers Turner and Dowdell reportedly found ...

GENESEE, N.Y. — The Genesee County Park and Forest volunteers, the ACORNS will be hosting a free event in honor of one of their longest volunteers, Ruby, a Red Eared Slider turtle.

The culprit. An invasive red-eared slider, now banned from Vermont. The ban went into effect on July 1, preventing pet stores and pet dealers in Vermont from bringing new pond sliders into the state.

We studied variation in reproductive traits among 789 red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) from three sites in west-central Illinois from 1994 to 1996. Overall, mean clutch size ranged ...