They’re famously slow. They’re also omnivorous, eating everything from insects and aquatic plants to carrion. And they are willing to stick their necks out each and every day, despite a host of ...

Habitat: They can be found from the San Francisco Bay to northwest Baja California, living in ponds and small lakes with abundant vegetation, in marshes, slow-moving streams and reservoirs.

is releasing nearly 60 endangered western pond turtles in the Columbia River Gorge this month, part of an on-going effort to restore a Northwest native that has teetered on the edge of extinction. The ...

I am responding to the article, “Oregon scientists alarmed by rare turtle’s absence.” Oregonians need to involve themselves in protecting the rare pond turtle. They have been disappearing over the ...

An alligator snapping turtle that looks like something out of "Jurassic Park" has been found 5,000 miles away from its natural habitat in the U.S. South. A dogwalker spotted the turtle last week in a ...

What Kind of Turtle Is in the Video? In his pond, Zak notices his fish are acting strange. That’s when he discovers a softshell turtle has taken up residence. The reptile seems to have come from a ...