“Pond turtle” is something of a misnomer, because this reptile more frequently lives in rivers and spends a lot of time in terrestrial habitats. As the West Coast's only native freshwater turtle, the ...

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 ...

As students prepare to go on break, the turtles are away from the main campus, too. As cooler weather quickly approaches, students will soon be going on fall break, taking time away from the hustle ...

EGREMONT — Ari Zorn panicked on Tuesday when he first saw construction near Smiley’s Pond, where legions of turtles and other creatures have met their maker in the crevices of a dam over the years. It ...

Turtles dug themselves deep into the mud while pumps whirred and drained a mucky slurry from the pond at Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens. Spencer Frasher, who’s been working at the pond almost daily, ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service has already received a lot of input on its proposal to list two species of turtles as threatened. Fish and Wildlife Service proposals to protect two species of western ...

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 ...

A new long-running project allows undergraduate students to gain hands-on experience with ecological research in the heart of the UT Austin campus. Assistant Professor Justin Havird oversees the ...