“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 ...

A Balkan pond turtle shares a moment of peaceful coexistence with a northern banded groundling dragonfly in Israel’s Jezreel Valley. Tzahi was positioned in his hide photographing shore birds when he ...

POPULATION TREND: Although western pond turtles are found all along the West Coast, both species have suffered an overall reduction in their population sizes, with much of this loss irreversible.