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.

A Kelowna-area turtle expert cautions people to keep their distance during western painted turtle nesting season and to never release a pet turtle into the wild. 15°C.

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 ...

As turtles search for their summer habitats, Minneapolis Park officials are urging motorists and bicyclists to be on the lookout for any roaming reptiles.