The red-eared slider and the painted turtle are both fascinating turtles that are popular pets around the world, with the painted turtle being second in popularity only to the red-eared slider. If you ...

With early ice-outs on some lakes this year, it's time to see active turtles. Painted turtles are usually first seen sunning a few days before the ice cover leaves larger lakes in various parts of ...

Painted turtles sunning themselves in a pond. Why are sea turtles endangered? Discover the human impact on North American turtles and learn about the steps we can take to help. When I was young, my ...

A projected rise in droughts could muddy the waters for painted turtles and some fellow freshwater-dwelling reptiles, says 11 years of data collected by 50-plus undergraduates from the University of ...

AMES, Iowa – Researchers at Iowa State University are rethinking the long-held conventional wisdom that turtles don’t suffer some of the ravages of old age. Nearly 30 years of data collected on ...

Slow and steady won't win this race; it's the fast action from the team behind Interior Wildlife Rehabilitation Society that has saved 39 turtles. The Western painted turtles are now in the care of ...