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 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 ...

On October 3, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published two proposed rules to list three species—the northwestern pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata), the southwestern pond turtle ...

SCOTTS VALLEY — Tucked into a small oasis embedded in suburbia, a population of turtles is quietly fighting for its lives, backed by its own squad of researchers. The East Glenwood Preserve’s Santos ...

Jason Jacobs, Exec. Dir. of the Sacramento Bee holds a western pond turtle at the Sacramento Zoo on Tues., Oct. 2, 2018. Renee C. Byer rbyer@sacbee.com They moved slowly. But that didn’t mean they ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. A rotund turtle with an extra-long neck and short legs bumbled across the bottom of ...

Hidden by palm trees in the grassy southwest corner of Park Avenue and Second Street, this small freshwater pond is home to koi fish, ducks and more than a dozen turtles. Most days, the turtles can be ...