Menita Prasad knows that turtles don't rate the same kind of attention from the public as a "cute, fluffy mammal." The director of animal care at Greater Vancouver Zoo says that's one reason why ...

The Pacific Northwest has two native freshwater turtles, the Western painted turtle and the Western pond turtle. The pond turtle, found on the West Side, is state-listed as endangered in Washington.

A projected rise in droughts could muddy the waters for painted turtles and some fellow freshwater-dwelling reptiles, according to 11 years of data collected by 50-plus undergraduates from the ...

A wayward snapping turtle could be taking a bite out of the population of endangered turtles at a lake in Abbotsford, B.C. "Snapping turtles are... we call them our garbage cans. They're bottomless ...

People of all ages and their pets seem to make a beeline outside for spring’s first blue-sky days, but no creature appreciates them quite like Minnesota’s Western painted turtles. This well-known ...

This Colorado Postcard comes from the fourth grade class at Hackberry Hill Elementary School. You walk by a pond or slow moving river, when you spot something that looks like moving graffiti: bright ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists advise Oregonians to be on the lookout for turtles on roadways, bike paths or trails. During the months of May through July, ...