Benjamin Von Wong, a Canadian artist and activist, is heaping piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the U ...

Nations are crafting the first global, legally binding treaty on plastics pollution. Campaigners for the treaty are getting ...

As negotiators working on a global accord to end plastic pollution approach their Thursday deadline, proponents of a sweeping treaty are finding different ways to get their message across.

The black-knobbed map turtle is one of the most fascinating representatives of North American aquatic turtles–and for good ...

The western painted turtle is listed as an endangered species by the federal government and red-listed in B.C., meaning they face the highest risk of extinction in the province.

Menita Prasad, director of animal care at the Greater Vancouver Zoo, poses with a western painted turtle in an undated photo from the zoo. She's part of a 10-year project to revive the endangered ...

The zoo in Langley, B.C., is halfway through the project to collect western painted turtle eggs in the wild and hatch them, to increase their chances of survival when they are released.

RJ Bigham details how he and his wife Jessica created a sanctuary for dozens of turtles and tortoises in Coker, Alabama.

Only 50-70% of the female Chrysemys picta in southern Michigan reproduce every year, and approximately 10% produce two clutches in a season. Energy allocation to the largest class of follicles begins ...