The story of this spring has been the weather; specifically, the rain that just keeps falling. Add in the new arrival of the ...

Western Painted Turtles are a species spotted throughout Canada ... Female turtles also transport water in their shells and picking them up could cause the water to spill out, he added. TCR and ...

Iowa is home to 13 wild turtle species, nearly all of which are in need of conservation action, or are endangered due to a ...

As I entered Market Lake Wildlife Management Area last Wednesday, I noticed six or seven black-billed magpies attacking ...

That's a shame, because the indigenous western painted turtle lives true to its name. Fine yellow lines accent its shiny green carapace, or shell. Their heads, when they stick them out ...

The yearly decline of the western painted turtle population could be an indicator of the state of an ecosystem's water quality. So what makes them so important? Western painted turtles help ...

Western painted turtle. Sometimes confused with the red-eared slider based on coloration, these turtles are known for their detailed and bright shell markings. Their colorful shells make them ...

Sadly, the turtle's shell had cracked in multiple places. "Upon intake we realized the extent of the fractures were pretty severe," Salthaven West clinic manager Natalia Slipak told CBC. "There was a ...