Long regarded as one of the longest-living pets you could ever own, turtles surprise many pet owners with how long they can live. Whether you have a red eared slider or a map turtle, these reptiles ...

Turtles illegally dumped at Salem's Minto-Brown Island Park are threatening to push out Oregon turtles as the creatures square off over nesting grounds and other natural necessities. The battle has ...

Q: I see turtles all the time in the creeks that run through my neighborhood and the small lake at the local park. How can I tell which turtles are invasive? Should I remove the invasives from the ...

Here’s a national issue in which Montana has raced out in front of the pack: turtles. State Fish Wildlife and Park officials have concluded there is no room under the Big Sky for red-eared slider ...

Kelli Haskett is in brown water almost to the top of her thigh-high rubber boots, wading toward a turtle trap in the bayou. She looks excited. Haskett, the staff biologist at Armand Bayou Nature ...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking those who have pet red-eared slider turtles to turn in the animals. Earlier this year, based on a recommendation from the Montana Exotic Species and ...

The turtle looked kind of cute and cuddly tucked away inside its colorful shell after being plucked out of a Marin County lake, but the wrinkly reptile was no E.T., and he wasn't anywhere near home.

Some success is being seen in the second month of what could be a years-long effort to eradicate invasive red-eared slider turtles and bullfrogs from the Cache Creek Nature Preserve. The effort began ...