A park visitor watching the sunset at a Washington state pond got a surprise Wednesday evening when he spotted turtles with swastikas painted on their shells, KIRO reported. “What’s going on?” asked ...

In western painted turtles (Chrysemys picta bellii), males often exhibit one of two morphs: (1) a reticulated form, characterized by an intricate network of dark markings on the carapace or (2) a ...

Slow and steady won't win this race; it's the fast action from the team behind Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society that has saved 39 turtles. The Western painted turtles are now in the care of ...

CONCORD, N.H. (CBS) - The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department issued a simple plea on Tuesday to anyone who comes across a turtle. "Do not paint turtle's shells," NH Fish and Game wrote on Facebook ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The general paradigm associated with overland movements of semi-aquatic turtles between aquatic habitats predicts that males move more ...

“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 ...

What looks and feels like a river rock, has four webbed feet, a pointy snout with beady eyes, buries itself during winter, and dines on small frogs, fish, aquatic insects and plants? These are ...