Michigan is home to nine different types of turtles including the Blanding's turtle, eastern box turtle, spotted turtle, wood turtle, painted turtle, red-eared slider turtle, common musk turtle ...

It’s a cold-blooded animal that gains energy through absorbing it from the sun like a solar panel. Its sex life ranges from odd-but-gentlemanly courtship to brutish attacks and forced mating.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — With the warm weather finally here, humans aren’t the only ones out exploring West Michigan. Turtles are on the move, which means you’re more likely to encounter ...

I slipped out of the truck to get a closer look, and we were pleased to see that this was a rare wood turtle, now on the Michigan endangered ... Recently, I counted 32 painted turtles on one ...

Turtle hatchlings gathered from the path of Consumers Energy’s Mid-Michigan Pipeline Project. (Photo/Consumers Energy). That summer, HRM rescued and incubated Eastern Snapping, Midland Painted ...

The English shortened it to the present name: “Mackinac,” according to Pure Michigan. Fitting that in 1995, the painted turtle became Michigan’s state reptile. The painted turtle was chosen ...

Inside, water sloshes back and forth and so do a half-dozen painted turtles ... teams also trap Blanding’s turtles, a “species of concern” in Michigan, and collect eggs for incubation ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Hailey O’Malley still enjoys the discoveries of the natural world, such as this western painted turtle in ... in southern Lake Michigan is so variable ...