City officials are waiting on news about the turtle's protection status to determine how to handle homeless encampments along the Willamette River.

While walking along Sonoma Creek in Maxwell Farms Regional Park recently, Anna and Will Pier looked down and spotted two ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed listing the northwestern pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) and the southwestern pond turtle (Actinemys pallida) as threatened species under ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife may list the western pond turtle as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. We'll hear from the Oregon Zoo to learn more about the turtle, conservation work being done ...

In 1990 the western pond turtle population declined to a point where only an estimated 150 western pond turtles remained in the state.

As with many other turtles, both terrestrial and marine, gender ratios of western pond turtle hatchlings — which are only about the size of a quarter after emerging — are determined by the incubation ...

A rare pond turtle living in far western Nevada is now being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act. On Friday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list ...

A western pond turtle is seen on top of a log at Minto-Brown Island Park in 2015. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering listing the turtle as threatened.

A Western Pond turtle posing for the camera! The Woodland Park Zoo and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists (WDFW) are preparing more than 35 Western Pond turtles for release in ...

Members of the Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society travelled to Kelowna to release a western painted turtle that had been in their care for several weeks.

The reclassification of the western pond turtle is still pending. Bennett said she hopes the city of Salem can set up alternative shelters for the homeless campers before a final ruling comes down ...

A western pond turtle is seen on top of a log at Minto-Brown Island Park in 2015. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering listing the turtle as threatened.