The most easily seen turtle in Windsor-Essex, the midland painted turtle, is in trouble. This week the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) recommended the midland ...

One of the animals added to the committee's list was the midland painted turtle, a reptile described by the committee as being "a familiar sight along Ontario lakeshores and ponds." The turtle takes a ...

One of the animals added to its list of at-risk animals is the midland painted turtle. More than a quarter of Canada's at-risk species live in southwestern Ontario — and it looks like the ...

“They don’t have a very easy time, baby turtles, at all,” said Tom Preney, biodiversity co-ordinator for the City of Windsor. The two common species in this area — the midland painted ...

Others, like the Snapping Turtle and Midland Painted Turtle, have responded positively to our love for installing recreational ponds and can be found in nearly any permanent body of water ...

Get outside for a turtle-tastic family-friendly nature walk and learn about the Eastern Snapping Turtles and Midland Painted Turtles who call High Park home! Throughout this interactive nature ...

The midland painted turtle, a common sight on the shores of lakes and rivers across southern Ontario, has been designated a species of special concern by the Committee on the Status of Endangered ...

You might inadvertently end the life of an adorable and vulnerable baby turtle. Midland painted turtle hatchlings overwinter in their nests and emerge around the time of the cherry blossom season ...

which runs from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Tridge in downtown Midland. All proceeds go to help children attend the Painted Turtle Camp, which is for children with chronic and terminal illnesses.

The red-eared slider and the painted ... bottoms (western turtles), fully yellow plastrons (southern and eastern painted turtles), and orange with a black spot in the middle (midland painted ...

Staff photographer Gary Walts snapped this photo of a painted turtle hatchling that he found in his backyard at his home near Watertown. That's Gary's hand holding the creature. Cute shot!