After walking as quietly as possible so as not to disturb any wildlife, I slowly peeked through the cattails that lined the ...

They might seem prolific when you see a bunch of them sunning on a log in one of Kelowna’s wetlands, but western painted turtles are considered an at-risk species in the Central Okanagan.

Kingdom Come State Park in Cumberland, Kentucky, delivers that feeling in spades. Perched majestically atop Pine Mountain in Harlan County, this 1,283-acre slice of Appalachian heaven offers the kind ...

The spotted turtle is a small species that tends to max out at a shell length of about 5 inches. If you want to toss some science lingo into your next conversation, you can refer to a turtle’s shell ...

The spotted turtle is a small, adorable species that is highly prized as a pet. Unfortunately, the species is also endangered; found in isolated populations that are in varying stages of decline.

At some point you have likely heard the term “biodiversity.” Maybe you heard the term on the news or during a nature ...

About Painted Turtles. The average painted turtle grows to be between 4 and 12 inches long with males being smaller than females. In the wild, painted turtles can live to be over 50 years old and ...

I took this picture while kayaking a section of the Susquehanna River near the Norman Wood Bridge in Martic Township, PA on May 7, 2023. The Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica) also known ...

Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research received a report of an unexpected visitor: a mother Kemp’s ridley sea turtle on the upper Texas coast. On Tuesday, the GCSTR team recovered its sixth Kemp ...

People who enjoy time outdoors will see an uptick in turtle sightings soon as turtles begin to lay their eggs. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources hopes people will share their observations.

As they have for the past several years, members of the Senior Police Volunteers spend the last Wednesday morning in June ...

People look on as an adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly-Dally, whose front flipper was amputated after she was rescued in January suffering from predator wounds, crawls into the Atlantic ...