Giant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and ...

At some point you have likely heard the term “biodiversity.” Maybe you heard the term on the news or during a nature ...

The box turtle and the painted turtle are both turtles from the family Emydidae. Both painted turtles and box turtles are ...

A Florida family planned their dream home, until protected tortoises took over. Now, they're paying $1,300 in taxes for ...

More land at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula has been protected as a nature reserve, with two levels of government providing ...

A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.

The painted turtles get their name from the red, ... Once the soft-shelled eggs are ready to be laid, the female will travel on land and will deposit from four to 20 eggs in a shallow nest.

But we've been bitten a million times more by painted turtles than snapping turtles,“ she says. “They’re feisty little guys.” “Last year we got a call about a Blanding’s turtle that ...

Terre Chartrand is a land-based educator from the Red Osier Guild in Waterloo region. She shares a few facts and traditional teachings related to the turtle to celebrate World Turtle Day.

Land turtles may not be sold, according to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. The taking of the western chicken turtle, northern map turtle or alligator snapping turtle is ...

Midland painted turtle hatchlings overwinter in their nests and emerge around the time of the cherry blossom season, which typically occurs in late April to early May in southern Ontario.

Midland painted turtle hatchlings overwinter in their nests and emerge around the time of the cherry blossom season, which typically occurs in late April to early May in southern Ontario.