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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...